Religious Trauma, Healthy Spirituality, and the Psychology of Deconstruction w/ Jef Caine [Episode 107]

<p>Paul Krauss MA LPC and Jef Caine take on the heavy and controversial topics of religious trauma, healthy spirituality, and the psychology of deconstruction. In this 2.5 hour long-form episode, Paul and Jef discuss both the larger zeitgeist of religion and spirituality in the culture as well as their personal experiences with Christianity and other religions. Paul and Jef dive deep into the deconstruction of the Christian faith and theology and many other topics (listed below). This is an episode you are going to want to take time to listen to.</p> <p>Jef Caine, is a skeptic and a host of the podcast: <a href='https://theforestandthetrees.buzzsprout.com/'>The Forest and the Trees</a> (A Pastor and a Skeptic Read the Bible Together. It’s not as boring as it sounds.) Jef is also an <a href='https://www.jefcaine.com/'>amazing graphic designer</a> and former megachurch employee and evangelical.</p> <p> </p> <ul><li><a href='https://paulkrauss.podbean.com/e/religious-trauma-healthy-spirituality-and-the-psychology-of-deconstruction-w-jef-caine-episode-107/'>All Books, Resources, and Articles mentioned available here.</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Deconstruction: a method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.</li> </ul> <p>Also Discussed: Growing up with the Christian Faith, Deconstructing one’s experience, Losing Christian Faith, The Forest and the Trees Podcast, Sapiens (Book), Humans seek meaning, Reason & Logic, Age of Enlightenment, Scientific Method, History of the Christian Church, Violence, Sacred Texts, Reinterpretation of Texts, Biblical Literal-ism versus Metaphor, Creationism, Evolution, Monotheism, Homo-sapiens, Neanderthals, Anthropology, Storytelling, What is a Safe Community, What is Religious Trauma, Power, Control, and Abuse of Power, Relationship Advice, Secular Therapy versus Christian “therapy”, Jesus’ teac