Episode 13: Growing Up Evangelical Part 1
The Trauma Club Podcast
English - August 04, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBMental Health Health & Fitness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we open up discussing the Netflix series called Messiah, and how that dovetails with the ideas we have about Christianity and religion from our own experiences.
After a brief tangent to gripe about the idea of American exceptionalism, we then talk about our experience growing up as Evangelicals.
As we ended up spending a large amount of time on Doug's experience, we'll be planning a Part 2 to go into more detail on Vanessa's. So stay tuned for that!
[TRIGGER WARNINGS: Evangelical Christianity, Christian Missionaries, Spiritual Colonization, 9/11 World Trade Center Attack, Antisemitism, US Imperialism, Japanese Internment Camps, Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Miscarriages, Abortion, Indoctrination, and Rape]
Show Notes
Doug mentioned the origin of the religious right being--not in abortion, but in segregation. There are numerous sources covering this history, such as a quick read from The Grio, an in-depth piece from Politico, and a podcast episode on NPR's Throughline.
In talking about his experience in "fundamentalist Christianity," he mentions the "Restoration Movement," the Church of Christ he ended up leaving, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) he currently participates in.
This episode was recorded on July 22, 2020.