TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stroop,Chrissy
AU  - O'Neal,Lauren
TI  - Empty the pews: stories of leaving the church 
SN  - 9781946093073
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Indianapolis, Indiana
PB  - Epiphany Publishing
KW  - Ex-church members
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Non-church-affiliated people
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Church attendance
KW  - Church membership
KW  - Christianity
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Essays
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Anecdotes
N1  - Purity culture, sexuality, and queerness -- Focusing on the family -- Trauma and abuse in Christian contexts -- American Christianity, diasporas, and missions -- Intellectual odysseys
N2  - This anthology collects original and previously published pieces about leaving Christianity. Examining the intersections of queerness, spiritual abuse, loss of faith, and the courage needed to leave one's religious community, these two social critics use a diverse collection of personal essays by apostates and survivors of religious trauma to boldly address the individual experiences and systemic dysfunction so common in conservative churches
ER  -