{"product_id":"the-heretic-hunters-peter-faur-9780615398181","title":"The Heretic Hunters: A Parable for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Church Becomes a Blood Sport, Can Even Love Survive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen small-town pastor Otto Haller\u003c\/strong\u003e weaponizes the Bible and social media, he rises to power in the once-quiet, right-of-center Confessional Lutheran Church in America. His crusade for doctrinal purity using smear campaigns, power politics, and authoritarian governance fractures congregations, topples institutions, and threatens to unravel the very fabric of the denomination he claims to defend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Oberhausen University, theology professor Hillman Gehrke becomes Haller's main target. He challenges the church's descent into fundamentalism and authoritarianism and risks everything to preserve the spirit of inquiry and compassion. As the denomination spirals into chaos, Gehrke's journey intersects with Haller's wife, Martha, a woman seeking freedom from a marriage defined by control and silence. Together, they forge a path toward healing, justice, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning boardrooms, pulpits, classrooms, and quiet moments of grace, The Heretic Hunters is a parable for our time--an emotionally resonant novel that explores the tension between faith and ideology, tradition and transformation. With piercing insight and moral courage, it asks: What happens when pure doctrine becomes a weapon? And can love survive the wreckage of a church at war with itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Faur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0615398189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780615398181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ash \u0026amp; Creed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Peter Faur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424868155647,"sku":"9780615398181","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a6d830a-1dbc-47e3-86d4-b5b4524c2916.jpg?v=1761533062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-heretic-hunters-peter-faur-9780615398181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}