The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp

S4E5 Brian Rush McDonald: Religious Trauma and the Long Surrender (continued)

January 25, 2023 Ken Kemp Season 4 Episode 5
The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp
S4E5 Brian Rush McDonald: Religious Trauma and the Long Surrender (continued)
Show Notes

Ken welcomes back author and psychologist, Dr. Brian Rush McDonald to continue their conversation around his book A Long Surrender... his memoir detailing his spiritual and academic journey in which he sheds a toxic version of fundamentalist religion and devotes his life and career to helping others through psychotherapy. They unpack the malady of religious trauma, relating their personal stories. They discover in their quest, that both of them stumbled across an internet social site that pulls together clergy atheists. You read it right: working ministers who have given up on a belief in God. They share their reaction and their experience on the site. Their view of religion impacts their view of the Bible, too. Ken and Brian talk about literalism, inerrancy and the way in which their understanding and appreciation for the Bible has evolved. These two new friends from opposite ends of the nation have found much in common.  If you are struggling with your faith, your church, your religious tribe - listen in. SHOW NOTES

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