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Transforming Religious Trauma: Part 1

June 26, 2024

Faith communities should be, and often are, safe places where people can explore their connection to the sacred in ways that are expansive and life-giving. However, many in Oklahoma grew up in communities that were oppressive, unhealthy, or even abusive. This can impact spiritual well-being in profound ways that often necessitates deconstructing and healing. Join us for this important conversation here on our YouTube channel.

Resources recommended:

Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Discover the Cultures and Systems of Religious Abuse and Reclaim Your Personal Power. Baker, Connie (2019)

Shameless: A Sexual Reformation. Bolz-Weber, Nadia (2019)

How We Sleep at Night. Cunningham, Sara (2014)

Red State Christians: Understanding the Voters Who Elected Donald Trump. Denker, Angela (2019)

You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity. Finch, Jamie Lee (2019)

Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs. Jeffs, Rachel (2017)

HERETIC: A memoir. Kadlec, Jeanna (2022)

Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps-Roper, Megan (2019)

Leaving the Fold: A guide for former fundamentalists and others leaving their religion. Winell, Marlene (1993)

You can contact Rachel at www.collaborative-ct.com.

The Secular Therapy Project is the name of the organization that includes secular therapists - their website is a great resource for finding a therapist, and it has other information on there as well: https://www.seculartherapy.org/.

← Transforming religious Trauma: Part 2Community Conversation with Dean Robert Willis →

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