You Have Permission Who Are the Exvangelicals? (#268)
Sarah McCammon, NPR journalist and author of "The Exvangelicals," shares her journey out of evangelical Christianity, including her pivotal relationship with her non-religious gay grandfather.
We explore how journalism provided Sarah with a space to question and how my work in therapy also demands openness to evidence. We covered the impact of the Trump era on evangelicalism and the earlier Emergent movement led by figures like Rob Bell and Rachel Held Evans.
We delve into the evangelical subculture's "parallel institutions" and their role in fostering distrust of mainstream institutions. Finally, we reflect on our wariness of echo chambers and the value we now place on viewpoint diversity and factual specificity.
Watch this Episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/Kl0cr4MZaBI
Sarah’s Book “The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church”:
https://www.amazon.com/Exvangelicals-Loving-Living-Leaving-Evangelical/dp/1250284473
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