He’s surprised and chagrined to find out that Lucy is actually a devout Catholic. Michael, who hates that he’s been forced by his parents to attend a Catholic school, is relieved when Lucy speaks up in theology class to challenge the teacher, assuming that she’s an atheist like himself. ORIGIN Middle English via Old French heretique and ecclesiastical Latin haereticus from Greek hairetikos 'able to choose' (as heresy). Michael is an atheist, Lucy is a feminist Catholic, Avi is a gay Jew, Eden is a Celtic Reconstructionist Polytheist (basically, a pagan), and Max is a cape-wearing Unitarian. a person believing or practicing religious heresy. Katie Henry’s debut novel deftly handles differing spiritual beliefs, or lack thereof, by putting five very different characters together. I like to read gritty faith-related books, possibly because they make me feel less like a heretic myself. I was raised Protestant and attended a Catholic high school, but as an adult I’ve struggled with the faith of my youth. In 2007, Andorra sent punks Anonymous, the Czech Republic fielded hard rockers Kabát and Iceland was represented by metal singer Eiríkur Hauksson. A piece of burned toast, with the imprint of an open, light-emitting Bible in the center, framed by the words “ Heretics Anonymous.” When the book cover talked about an atheist kid starting at a Catholic school and a group of religious oddballs called Heretics Anonymous, I knew I had to read it. It was the cover that drew me to this book.
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