Holy Heretics: Losing Religion & Finding Jesus
The EXvangelical podcast that addresses your questions about faith, politics, how we got here, and how to move forward. No topic is off-limits as we have conversations with scholars, spiritual seekers, and activists in our quest to uncover the heart of faith.
Ep. 76: FKD Up By Faith w/Jude Mills and Gary Alan Taylor
How have you been FK’D up by faith? This time, I share my personal story of how my faith deconstruction cost me my job, my spiritual community, my friends, and my family.
Ep. 65 Jaded: A Reckoning with White Evangelicalism w/ Marla Taviano
There is a stage in your deconstruction called rage. Learn how to use that anger to fuel change instead of allowing it to destroy you.
Ep. 35: Do I Have Religious Trauma? w/ Dr. Laura Anderson
Religious trauma is sneaky for so many reasons, perhaps no more so than the fact that trauma of any kind was minimized or delegitimized by religious leaders. So many of us…
Ep. 16: Recognizing and Healing from Religious Trauma with Jess Hugenberg of Welcome to the Process
“Other people have it worse.” “This really wasn’t that bad.” “Stop making mountains out of molehills.”
If you’ve ever said these things to yourself when thinking about your religious upbringing, or if other people…
Ep. 11: ChurchToo: What’s Purity Culture Got to Do with It? with Emily Joy Allison
Is it possible that most of what our evangelical churches teach about sex and purity actually prime us for abuse? In this episode, we chat with Emily Joy Allison, author of…
BONUS: Responding to the Ravi Zacharias Report
We briefly respond to the results of the independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the late apologist Ravi Zacharias…
Ep. 5: Unholy Trinity: Patriarchy
If you are like us, you grew up in a home and a church where men were in charge and women submitted. The Bible was even used as the reason why. Why can women be…
Ep. 4: Unholy Trinity: Purity Part 2
Examining specific aspects of “Purity Culture” and what their effects were, Melanie and Gary Alan draw both on personal experience and listeners’ stories to give an honest critique of…
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