01.29.2024 - By Tim Whitaker
Summary
Tiffany Yecke Brooks, PhD shares her personal journey of growing up in a fundamentalist faith tradition. She discusses the moment she realized something was wrong and how it led her to write a book called Holy Ghosted. She also explains the concept of spiritual anxiety and religious trauma and how churches use them to indoctrinate us.
Takeaways
Churches need to address the exclusion of the queer community and reconsider the interpretation of clobber passages.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:00 Growing Up in a Fundamentalist Faith Tradition
06:00 Questioning Gender Roles and Church Leadership
13:00 Writing a Book Speaking Out
20:00 Understanding Spiritual Anxiety and Religious Trauma
25:00 Setting Boundaries vs. Manipulation and Control
35:00 The Importance of Clarity and Authenticity in Churches
36:13 Exclusion of the Queer Community
37:31 Linguistical Whiplash in Churches
44:30 Building a Healthy Church Community
48:13 The Big Picture and Context
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