Recommended Religious Trauma Resources

If you have been impacted by religious trauma, you are not alone. There is a growing understanding of the harm done in the name of holiness and its impact on individuals.

To learn more about this unique form of trauma and to find support and healing for your own experiences, we offer these resources for you to explore:

Books

Titles based on people’s experiences

• You are Your Own by Jamie Lee Finch

• Bad Theology Kills by Kevin Miguel Garcia

• Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church

• Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor

• Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome by Reba Riley

• American Leftovers by Eric Wilson, Shaun Wilson, Hiedi Wilson Messner

• Religious Trauma Syndrome: How I survived my Religion by Prince Charles Flavius

Titles based on research

• Leaving the Fold by Marlene Winell, Ph.D.

• Traumatized by Religious Abuse by Connie A. Baker, M.A, L.P.C

• Sacred Wounds by Teresa B. Pasquale

• Healing Spiritual Wounds by Carol Howard Merritt

• Bad Religion: How we Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat

Podcasts

• Flipped Table Theology (Hosted by TCG staff and friends)

• Can I say this at Church?

• The Deconstructionists

• Exvangelical

• You have Permission