"I do think there's a lot of fear baked into the ways that I was taught about religion and faith," she says. "The emphasis on or just even the belief in a place where people are sent if they don't believe the right thing and are tortured forever is obviously very fear inducing" She has always held in-group membership at some remove, but wanted to have a sense of independence from that.
Jon Ward, senior political correspondent for Yahoo News, joins Curtis to talk about his process of deconstructing - and reconstructing - his life as a follower of Jesus. Jon draws on his recently released book, Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation, to dissect the spiritual, social, political, and emotional dimensions of his years growing up as an insider in the evangelical world. Jon also provides a fascinating account of why his life as a journalist has been so crucial to his faith. Curtis offers the Biblical basis for why deconstruction - properly understood - is necessary for every generation of believers.
Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation by Jon Ward
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