Tanya Levin | |
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Born | 25 August 1971[1] Durban, South Africa [1] | (age 52)
Occupation | Social worker, writer [2] |
Nationality | Australian [1] |
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Tanya Levin (born 25 August 1971) is an Australian social worker and writer. A former Hillsong Church member, she has described herself as a feminist and an atheist since at least 2010. [3]
Levin has published two books. People In Glass Houses (2007), is an exposé of the Hillsong Church, in which Levin was raised. [4] [2] It was short-listed for the 2007 Walkley Non-fiction Book Award. [5] Crimwife (2012), is about her relationship with a criminal. [6] She is also the host of the 2021 podcast Leaving Hillsong, which interviews people who have left the Hillsong Church, [7] and also Reading Hillsong, also released in 2021. [8]
On 1 July 2015, Levin was arrested for trespass during an interview, after failing to "move on" from Hillsong Conference in Sydney Olympic Park at the direction of police. [9] The arrest came amid increased media scrutiny of the conference, after organisers misled the media about the involvement of Mark Driscoll. [10] According to Levin, she was convicted but on appeal "the findings were upheld, but the convictions were dismissed." [11]