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S6E06: Banned Books: The Exvangelicals, with Sarah McCammon, part 2 of 2

Mar 26, 2024

There's a lot of memoirs, social media comments, and dialogue about leaving the evangelical church. However, as our guest, Sarah McCammon (@sarahmccammon_journalist) says, "you can't really understand the leaving without understanding loving and living the evangelical church."

Sarah is the author of the new book The...

S6E05: Banned Books: The Exvangelicals, with Sarah McCammon, part 1 of 2.

Mar 19, 2024

It's been really fascinating to watch the ways that Evangelical, Mormon, and Pentecostal (EMPish) cultures have begun to be deconstructed and discussed on a wider cultural level.

While some still struggle to accurately name the direct correlation between EMPish cultures and the construction of the modern-day...

S6E04: Banned Books, When Religion Hurts You, with Laura Anderson, part 2 of 2

Mar 12, 2024

One of the most common relational processes that the deconstructing world talks about is boundaries. Evangelical circles encourage the elimination of boundaries. Sexuality is public, as Purity Culture invites people in leadership positions to make a variety of comments about people's bodies. Accountability groups and...

S6E03: Banned Books: When Religion Hurts You, with Laura Anderson (part 1 of 2)

Mar 4, 2024

What is religious abuse? Dr. Laura Anderson, in her new book When Religion Hurts You, defines it as:

"The improper use of religious beliefs, teachings, doctrines, and relationships against another person. This might include harassment, humiliation, mind control, psychological abuse, isolation, threats, intimidation,...