23 April 2015 A.D. INTERVIEW: Rosaria Butterfield, an Unlikely Convert
23 April 2015 A.D. INTERVIEW: Rosaria Butterfield, an Unlikely Convert Butterfield, Rosaria. “An Unlikely Convert: An Interview with Rosaria Butterfield.” Ligonier Ministries. 23 Apr 2015. http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/unlikely-convert/ . Accessed 23 Apr 2015. An Unlikely Convert: An Interview with Rosaria Butterfield by Rosaria Butterfield Tabletalk : Your book is titled The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert . Could you explain some of your “secret thoughts,” and why you were an “unlikely convert”? Rosaria Butterfield: I considered myself an atheist, having rejected my Catholic childhood and what I perceived to be the superstitions and illogic of the historic Christian faith. I found Christians to be difficult, sour, fearful, and intellectually unengaged people. In addition, since the age of twenty-eight, I had lived in monogamous lesbian relationships and politically supported LGBT causes. I coauthored Syracuse University’s first successful d...