Summary of Brian D. McLaren's Faith After Doubt

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 There are recovery programs for people who have lost a parent, sibling, or spouse. But no one has ever taught me how to grieve the loss of my faith. I was on my own.

#2 I have received hundreds of emails from people who were fired or disfellowshipped from their church, including the author Michael Walker. I met with him to discuss his experience.

#3 The small congregation that he was leading began growing numerically. But Michael began having doubts about the Bible, and he couldn’t suppress them. He began reading books that his tribe didn’t approve of, and he began secretly questioning his beliefs.

#4 Your path into doubt may be different from Michael’s and mine. You may be Catholic, and it was the pedophilia scandals that rocked you, or the male hierarchy’s obsession with controlling women’s bodies, or the sense that the church was more interested in taking offerings than offering help to those in need.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669357087

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

There are recovery programs for people who have lost a parent, sibling, or spouse. But no one has ever taught me how to grieve the loss of my faith. I was on my own.

#2

I have received hundreds of emails from people who were fired or disfellowshipped from their church, including the author Michael Walker. I met with him to discuss his experience.

#3

The small congregation that he was leading began growing numerically. But Michael began having doubts about the Bible, and he couldn’t suppress them. He began reading books that his tribe didn’t approve of, and he began secretly questioning his beliefs.

#4

Your path into doubt may be different from Michael’s and mine. You may be Catholic, and it was the pedophilia scandals that rocked you, or the male hierarchy’s obsession with controlling women’s bodies, or the sense that the church was more interested in taking offerings than offering help to those in need.

#5

Doubt is the origin of the pain. It is the feeling that you are in two minds, one that believes and one that doesn’t. As soon as your trusted map stops matching reality, you feel disoriented.

#6

The loss of a religious worldview can create anxiety, and the loss of a religious worldview can also create the anxiety of losing God’s favor and protection.

#7

When we lose a loved one, we go through five stages of grief: denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. When we lose our faith, we go through the same stages, only backwards.

#8

To help you work through your doubts, you can start a journal and record your answers to the Reflection and Action questions at the end of each chapter.

#9

The horses I rode with years ago taught me that