214. Holy Ghosted and Gaslighted by God // Tiffany Yecke Brooks, PhD

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.

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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