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Surprised by Oxford
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Surprised by Oxford (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Carolyn Weber (Author) (edit contributors)

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Surprised by Oxford is the memoir of a skeptical agnostic who comes to a dynamic personal faith in God during graduate studies in literature at Oxford University.

Carolyn Weber arrives at Oxford a feminist from a loving but broken family, suspicious of men and intellectually hostile to... read more

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Surprised by Oxford begins with Carolyn Weber's arrival at Oxford University's Oriel College. Having recently completed a degree in Ontario, Canada, she is there on scholarship to pursue graduate studies in literature.

Back home, she leaves behind a loving but broken family and a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Surprised by Oxford begins with Carolyn Weber's arrival at Oxford University's Oriel College. Having recently completed a degree in Ontario, Canada, she is there on scholarship to pursue graduate studies in literature.

Back home, she leaves behind a loving but broken family and a fiance-to-be. During her first term Carolyn befriends a diverse group of people: beautiful, free-spirited Linnea; kind, pragmatic Hannah; intellectual, worldly Christians Mark, Michael, Rachel, and Dorian; typically British Edward; and preacher's son TDH--Tall, Dark, and Handsome. It is these characters who walk with Caro as she begins to explore the things of faith and spirituality.

After a particularly challenging and curiosity-inducing conversation at a holiday dinner party, she goes home for Christmas and cautiously shares her questions with her family. She's met with resistance and little understanding. This searching also means the end of her relationship with college boyfriend Ben.

When Caro returns to Oxford in January, she continues to seek answers. She is influenced by her friends, professors, mentors, and the very thing she knows so well--literature. The works of writers like C.S. Lewis have a profound effect on her understanding of God.

Surprised by Oxford is part coming-of-age story, part conversion story, and party love story. Told over the course of one academic year, it is the inspiring, beautifully written account of how one girl went looking for herself and found her Creator instead.

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My arrival in Oxford, England, that early October of 1994 came with plenty of baggage.

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Preface: A Note on the Text and Terms
Prologue: Doubt Wisely

Summer Sunset
1. All that You Can't Leave Behind
2. The Father (W)hole

Michaelmas Term
3. Signs, Signs, Everywhere Are Signs
4. The Storm Before the Calm
5. The Poison Tree
6. Shaken, Not Just Stirred
7. Sweet-Talkin' Son of a Preacher Man
8. Jesus, the Great Polarizer
9. The Conundrum of Time
10. Does Love Justify All?

Christmastide
11. Tide Out: Have a Heimlich/Un-Heimlich Christmas (Home, but Not Home, for the Holidays)
12. Tide In: Am I My Sister's Keeper?
13.Tide Out: Forsaking All Others (Including the Self)
14. Tide In: More Than a New Year

Hilary Term
15. Book Ends
16. What If Jesus Had Been a Woman?
17. Sehnsucht
18. Butterflies in the Bookcase
19. Professor Von X
20. Throwing the Baby Out with the Baptism Water
21. Phychomachia
22. The Ultimate Valentine

Eastertide
23. Tide Out: Good Friday, Riding Westward
24. Tide In: Confessions of an Introverted Convert
25. Tide Out: Do I Have to Be a LOUD Christian?
26. Tide In: Dance Like a Fish

Trinity Term
27. Church Going
28. Looking for the Loch Ness Monster
29. Miss Georgia
30. Bald in the Land of Big Hair
31. Mary and Me
32. Parousia
33. All Joy Reminds
34. Trinity Sunday, Trinity Term

Summer Sunrise
35. St. Margaret's Road
36. Annus Mirabilis

Epilogue: Believe Wisely
Acknowledgements
Notes
About the Author

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  1. Carolyn Weber (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8499-4611-0
Page Count: 457

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