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‘Hell Is a World Without You’ Is a Vortex of 2000s Youth Group Emotions

By Tyler Huckabee
The cover of ‘Hell Is a World Without You.’ Background photo by S. H. Gue va Unsplash. Graphic by Mitchell Atencio/Sojourners
Feb 12, 2024
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I don’t think I’ve ever read a book quite like Jason Kirk’s Hell Is a World Without You. This book, a bildungsroman about a teen’s evangelical house of cards and the mounting life experiences, new friends, and cold fingers of doubt that threaten to knock it over, is a call coming from firmly inside the house.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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The cover of ‘Hell Is a World Without You.’ Background photo by S. H. Gue va Unsplash. Graphic by Mitchell Atencio/Sojourners