{"product_id":"heaping-coals-from-media-firebrand-to-anglican-priest-9781459752597","title":"Heaping Coals: From Media Firebrand to Anglican Priest","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.\" -- STEPHEN FRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From England's working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren charts his encounters with people of faith, fame, and fortune.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in a blue-collar mixed-religion family then entering a career in media, Michael Coren was, and in some ways still is, the consummate outsider. In \u003ci\u003eHeaping Coals\u003c\/i\u003e, he writes of his life leading up to entering the seminary, being ordained, and his early successes as a journalist, encountering Oscar-winning writers and celebrities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter marrying and settling in Canada, Coren became a darling of the Christian right with his TV and radio shows and syndicated column. His shift to more progressive Christianity and politics embodies Romans 12:20 -- heaping coals onto the heads of one's enemies -- and charts the returning of good for evil through a process of self-reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom outsider to institutional mainstay to penitent, Coren shares not just a humble admission of fault but an articulate and convincing account of one man's spiritual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459752597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.47d","brand":"Michael Coren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752275767477,"sku":"9781459752597","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c75ba0e9-5276-49e8-b2bb-3ab128bf9233.jpg?v=1730214607","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/heaping-coals-from-media-firebrand-to-anglican-priest-9781459752597","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}