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Joel Furches is a writer, educator, journalist, and researcher who has written extensively on subjects related to religion and Christianity specifically. Joel has a Master's Degree in education, academic training and experience in Applied Behavioral Psychology, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology with his dissertation on religious deconversion.
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Can Parent and Peer Relationships Affect Deconversion?
Two important studies have been released within the last several years, the... read more
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Vander Elst: The British Atheist Who Converted Because...
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The Importance of Reconversion As under-studied as deconversion is, the matter of... read more
The Anatomy of Deconversion: A Book Review
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Deconversion Stories: A Charismatic Preacher Becomes an Atheist...
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When Atheists Convert: The Renaissance Scholar Becomes a...
John Warwick Montgomery is a renaissance scholar and a true renaissance man;... read more
A Return to Rambo: Testing the most Famous...
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Deconversion Stories: Billy Graham's Partner in Evangelism
Canadian evangelist Charles Templeton professed salvation in 1936, when he was 21.... read more
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