Letting Go of God (TED Talk)

Julia Sweeney (TED Talks); Crystal Quintero, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly



Letting Go of God by Julia Sweeney

God Said "Ha!" (amazon.com)

(TED, Jan. 16, 2007) Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show "Letting Go of God." When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own Christian beliefs.

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