Your Guide to Faith Deconstruction

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Two years ago this month, Melanie Mudge and I sat down to dream about what The Sophia Society could become. We had a choice, ditch Christianity altogether or work to uncover the heart of faith. We chose the latter. We longed to create a safe, sacred space where former evangelicals could process their trauma, find community, shed fundamentalism, and find new spiritual pathways. 

Since then, we launched Holy Heretics Podcast, created this Liminal Spaces publication, established a warehouse of articles, released an online course, and published our ebook “Faith Deconstruction 101.” And in so doing, we noticed almost all of us are dealing with the same issues, or at least asking similar questions. 

Whether you got here because of purity culture, partisan politics, patriarchy, white supremacy, or spiritual abuse, we hope you’ll find the answers you are searching for. That’s why I wanted to dedicate this issue to elevate some of the most transformative conversations we’ve had over the past couple of years. 

Deconstruction is disorienting. It’s often hard to find the language to describe what you are feeling, much less to find a way forward. As you navigate this space in between who you were and who you are becoming, may these topical conversations and resources guide you on the long journey back to God.

Sexuality and Purity Culture

• Why Purity Culture Doesn't Work (Holy Heretics)

• Liberation, Belonging, & Coming Out (Holy Heretics)

• Rethinking Christian Sex Ed. Advice (Holy Heretics)

• #ChurchToo (Holy Heretics)

Beyond Inerrancy: The Bible Post-Deconstruction

• Making Sense of the Bible Post-Deconstruction (blog)

• Reframing Your Relationship With the Bible (blog)

• What is the Bible With Dr. Pete Enns (Holy Heretics)

• Moving Beyond Biblical Literalism (Holy Heretics)

Patriarchy and Gender Equality

• What is Patriarchy (Holy Heretics)

• Rejecting Patriarchy and Finding Deeper Faith (Holy Heretics)

• How Complementarianism Feeds Sex Trafficking (Holy Heretics)

• 4 Reasons Why Paul Wasn't Patriarchal (blog)

• The Divine Feminine (blog)

• God Our Mother (blog)

Politics and Power

• Jesus and John Wayne (Holy Heretics)

• Decolonize Your Faith (Holy Heretics)

• Deconstructing Donald Trump (Holy Heretics)

• Reclaiming Christian Politics (Holy Heretics)

• Resisting Christian Nationalism (blog)

• The Politics of Jesus (blog)

Spiritual Abuse

• Recognizing Religious Trauma (Holy Heretics)

• Do I Have Religious Trauma (Holy Heretics)

• Recovering From Evangelicalism (blog)

• 4 Signs of Spiritual Abuse (blog)

White Supremacy and Racism

• Inventing Whiteness (Holy Heretics)

• Black Liberation: Coming Out of White Evangelicalism (Holy Heretics)

• Why We Need Critical Race Theory (blog)

Mysticism, Meditation, and Contemplation

• Deconstruct Your Faith Like the Mystics (blog)

• Why I Meditate (blog)

• How Buddhism Changed My Evangelical Mind (Holy Heretics)

• Rediscovering Ancient Spiritual Practices (Holy Heretics)

As you move further and further into the reconstruction process, what conversations are you just dying to have? Is there an issue we haven't yet discussed? If so, drop me an email and we will do our best to engage that topic intellectually, honestly, and faithfully.

Peace,

Gary Alan
The Sophia Society

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