Recovering from Religion - An Interview with Dustin Arand
Saving Faith with Eric Sentell of the Backyard Church Blog
English - January 16, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 35.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsReligion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Metamorphosis is the podcast of Trinity United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, where we share the unchanging love of Jesus to change people’s lives.
Dustin Arand is a writer on Medium who caught Eric's attention with a recent essay in which he mentioned a group called "Recovering from Religion." Dustin and Eric discuss his faith journey, the group, and the dynamics that make such a group (sadly) necessary.
Dustin's writing can be found at https://dustinarand.medium.com/. His book, Truth Evolves, is available on Amazon.
After the conversation, Dustin offered several reading recommendations for people interested in further exploring the nature of faith.
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
Emile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Scott Atran, In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion
Pascal Boyer, Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origin of Religious Thought
Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith
John Dewey, A Common Faith
Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity (trans. by George Eliot)
Richard Kearney, Anatheism: Returning to God After God
Learn more about Trinity UMC in Piedmont, MO, at www.umctrinity.org
Contact Eric at [email protected]
Podcast Author: Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO