Tanya Levin (b. 25 August, 1971) is a social worker and writer. A former

Hillsong Church Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a global Evangelical charismatic movement, charismatic Christian megachurch based in Australia. The original church was established in 1983 as Hills Christian Life Centre, in Baulkham Hills, New ...

member, she has described herself as a

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and an

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

since at least 2010. Levin has published two books. The first, ''People In Glass Houses'', is an

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of the Hillsong Church, in which Levin was raised. It was short-listed for the 2007

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Non-fiction Book Award. The second book, ''Crimwife'', is about her relationship with a criminal. She is also the host of the 2021 podcast ''Leaving Hillsong'', which interviews people who have left the Hillsong Church, and also ''Reading Hillsong'', also released in 2021.

Arrest

On 1 July 2015, Levin was arrested for trespass during an interview, after failing to "move on" from

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at the direction of police. The arrest came amid increased media scrutiny of the conference, after organisers misled the media about the involvement of

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. According to Levin, she was convicted but on appeal "the findings were upheld, but the convictions were dismissed."

Bibliography

*''People in Glass Houses: An Insider's Story of a Life in and out of Hillsong'' (2007) *''Crimwife: An Insider's Account of Love behind Bars'' (2012)

References

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