Feb 20, 2024
Julia begins, "Unlearning the messages from the church archive
is only part of the healing process. The next step is learning new
ways to engage relationships and sexuality.
So, together, we are going to begin creating a new library
with literature that can support us in building better, more
sustainable, and thriving relationships."
In order to unlearn unhelpful messages, we have to understand
the systems that propagated these messages. "If I had a
dollar for every time a client mentioned The Five Love Languages in
therapy, I'd have close to a thousand dollars by this stage,"
Jeremiah says.
The problem? The Five Love Languages was written by Gary
Chapman. Chapman has no professional training in therapy or the
science of relationships. Rather, he's one of hundreds of clergy
trained at Wheaton, Moody Bible College, and other conservative
organizations who have written about relationships--generally not
their scope of practice.
These authors have been propelled by a multi-billion dollar
publishing industry who have generated radio shows, books, TV
shows, and podcasts to sell complementarian gender roles, a rigid
understanding of sexuality, and communication strategies that seek
avoidance and compliance rather than negotiation of
differences.
In this episode, Jeremiah and Julia talk about:
- History of Christian Publishing
Houses
- Conservatism and Publishing
- Christian Education and Apologetics
- Why Christian Literature is Effective
- Ask Suzie
- Why Focus on Christian Media?
- “Sex Ed”
- The Books of Deconstruction and Music as
Manipulation
- Perpetuating Myths