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Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith

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By Barbara Brown Taylor — 2007

Barbara Brown Taylor, once hailed as one of America’s most effective and beloved preachers, eloquently tells the moving and delightful story of her search to find an authentic way of being Christian—even when it meant giving up her pulpit.

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Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why

Coming out as an atheist is a powerful, liberating act. It makes life better for you, for other atheists, and for the world. But telling people you're an atheist can be risky.

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Greta Christina
2014
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The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion―and Others Should Too

Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation.

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Candace R. M. Gorham
2013
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Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults

Heaven’s Gate, a secretive group of celibate “monks” awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide.

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Janja Lalich
2025
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A Secular Age

What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we—in the West, at least—largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries.

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Charles Taylor
2007
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The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going

In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant group—Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. The growth of the nones in American society has been dramatic.

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Ryan P. Burge
2021
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Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion

Psychologist Marlene Winell is uniquely qualified to address the subject of this book. In addition to her personal experience with leaving fundamentalist religion, she has worked with clients recovering from religion for 28 years. She is known for coining the term Religious Trauma Syndrome.

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Marlene Winell
2006
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Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders in an existence framed by the strictest code of conduct.

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Martha Beck
2006
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Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over

We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace.

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Karla McLaren, Janja Lalich
2017
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