In this episode we begin to discuss the research work that Christie Love has been doing exploring religious trauma through a lens of Negative Religious Experiences (NREs). Christie explains her research framework to us and introduces listeners to the first five of the ten NREs that she has identified and gathered data on.

Christie also shared that she has recently begun a national study on this concept that is modeled on a large-scale case study that she completed in SW Missouri in 2023. You can participate in this research by visiting the Research Center online at the Flipped Table Collective website: https://www.flippedtablecollective.com/research-center

If you are interested in reading the full doctoral thesis that Christie did on this topic, you can access her work online at our Flipped Table Collective website as well.

We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join.

The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.