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September 2023

September 04, 2023

Interview With a Reconvert

The Importance of Reconversion As under-studied as deconversion is, the matter of re-conversion is practically...

August 2023

August 21, 2023

Deconversion Stories: A Charismatic Preacher Becomes an Atheist Outreacher

Dan Barker is an itinerate and outspoken atheist, whose life is so entangled with his...

July 2023

July 31, 2023

Deconversion Stories: Billy Graham’s Partner in Evangelism

Canadian evangelist Charles Templeton professed salvation in 1936, when he was 21. So energized was...

July 03, 2023

Deconversion Stories: Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman is arguably the best-known and best-respected Bible scholar of the modern era. He...

May 2023

May 01, 2023

Tales of Deconversion: The Crisis of a Preacher’s Wife

Currently, Cassidy McGillicuddy is a Patheos blogger who writes on the topics of video games,...

April 2023

April 24, 2023

Tales of Deconversion: The Monk Who Became an Atheist

Joseph McCabe is a man who vies for a place as perhaps the most eloquent...

April 17, 2023

Objections to Christianity by People who Deconvert: Why Language Matters

Seen in this article is a graph I created while engaged in my case study...

February 2023

February 20, 2023

Rapture Anxiety and Deconversion

A significant portion of my initial investigation into deconversion involved listening to interviews and reading...

February 06, 2023

The son of a Famous Evangelist who Became a Convinced Atheist

As a column that discusses the process of religious conversion and deconversion, this space will...

January 2023

January 23, 2023

The Boy Preacher who Became an Adult Atheist Advocate: Anthony Pinn

As a column that discusses the process of religious conversion and deconversion, this space will...

January 02, 2023

Brian McLaren and Faith After Doubt

The book "Faith After Doubt" was authored by Brian McLaren, and released in the year...

December 2022

December 05, 2022

Deconversion and “Religious Trauma Syndrome”

WHAT IS RELIGIOUS TRAUMA SYNDROME? There is a phenomenon known as "Religious Trauma Syndrome" (RTS)...

November 2022

November 14, 2022

Deconversion and the Term “Deconstruction”

I began looking onto deconversion as a journalist. I wanted to look at stories of...

October 2022

October 24, 2022

Testify! The Religious Testimony Versus the Deconversion Story

CONVERSION NARRATIVES Starbuck (1866-1947) and James (1902) were pioneers in the field of Conversion studies....