by clarifying that her critique applied to the type of counseling that prioritizes sanctification over justification.) She has written several best-selling books against what she perceives as prosperity gospel. Publications Crimes of Reading: Incest and Censorship in Mary Shelley's Early Novels (Thesis, 1992) The Politics of Survivorship: Incest, Women's Literature, and Feminist Theory (1996) The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey into the Christian Faith (2012) Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ (2015) The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World (2018) References 1962 births Living people American religious writers American Presbyterians Women religious writers Ohio State University Graduate School alumni Syracuse University faculty Geneva College faculty Converts to Presbyterianism Converts to Protestantism from atheism or agnosticism 20th-century Presbyterians 21st-century Presbyterians American women non-fiction writers American women academics 21st-century American women