229. What Comes After The White Evangelical Church? // Sarah McCammon

The New Evangelicals Podcast

Summary

Sarah McCammon discusses her book, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, and her personal journey of leaving the white evangelical church. She explores the reasons for writing the book and the motivations behind the exvangelical movement.

Takeaways

The exvangelical movement is a diverse and complex phenomenon, with individuals leaving the white evangelical church for a variety of reasons.

Explores themes such as religious trauma, LGBTQ experiences, race, and science, providing a comprehensive look at the experiences of those who have left the evangelical church.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

01:05 Motivation for Writing the Book

04:31 Reasons for Leaving the Evangelical Church

10:07 Themes Explored in the Book

17:31 Understanding Evangelicalism in the Media

33:39 Debunking the Notion of Exvangelicals as Anti-Religion

40:22 The Rise of Protestantism

42:45 The Impact of the Internet

45:30 A Shift in Evangelicalism

48:02 The Weaponization of Religion

48:58 Empathy and Understanding

Read The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon

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