In this episode of MindShift podcast, I catch up with Keith Davis, formerly of the Pilgrims & Prodigals podcast. Last year we had a great chat with ended up on their show, and since then a lot has changed--both for Keith and myself.
Since I've been studying the psychological aspects of how cults (and some evangelical churches too) control, manipulate and coerce their followers, I wanted to see if Keith's experiences in evangelicalism matched up to the classic markers of cults as laid out by psychiatrist Robert Lifton in his 1981 article, "Cult Formation."
In our exploration of the cult-like aspects of evangelicalism, Keith and I discuss theology and coercion--why the dogmas of evangelicalism, along with the mind control aspects, have affected us psychologically and in other ways--and how we're recovering from it all.
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My Fight for Justice: Surviving a Cult and Sexual Abuse (with Dassi Erlich)
SexVangelical: Coping with Religious Trauma and Sexuality (with Janice Selbie)
Bonus Episode: Rapture Anxiety - Deconstructing "A Thief in the Night"
Spanking My Children Made Me an Atheist (with Bethany Carter)
The Uncomfortable Confessions of a Preacher's Kid (with Ronna Russell)
Bonus Episode: How Cults and Cult Leaders Maintain Control over Followers
Deconversion Stories (with Neil604 Atheist)
Deconstruction: You're Not Crazy, You're Growing! (with David Hayward, "The Naked Pastor")
Escaping the Cult Bubble: Different Ideology, Same Psychology (with ex-Scientologist Chris Shelton)
Bonus Episode: The Psychology of Conversion and Deconversion (adapted from Robert Jay Lifton)
054: "Cults Inside Out": Exploring How Cults Operate (with Rick Alan Ross)
053: Exposing the Watchtower Organization: Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses Speak Out (with Lara Kaput and Steven Unthank)
052: "Leatherbound Terrorism": Christianity and Control (with Chris Kratzer)
051: Exploring the Connections Between Evangelicalism and the World of the Cults
050: Jesus Had Sex? Exploring "The Last Temptation of Christ" & Purity Culture (with "Seamus Clarke")
049: Healing Religious Trauma Through Spirituality (with Andrew Jasko)
048: Reconstruction: The Total Reorientation of Your Former Worldview (with Andrew Gurevich)
047: Why Do They Hate Us? Making Peace with the Muslim World (with Steve Slocum)
Special Edition: "In God We Trump" (with Christopher Maloney)
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