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Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O'Neal

Chrissy Stroop is a freelance writer, public speaker, and commentator on religion and politics, the U.S. Christian Right, Russia, and foreign policy, currently a Senior Researcher with the Postsecular Conflicts project at the University of Innsbruck. Stroop’s personal blog, Not Your Mission Field, can be found at cstroop.com. | Lauren O'Neal is a senior editor at Midnight Breakfast, a contributing editor at Catapult, and cohost of the podcast Sunday School Dropouts. Her writing has appeared in publications like Slate, the LA Review of Books, The New Inquiry, and more. Originally from San Francisco, she now lives in New York. You can follow her on Twitter at @laureneoneal.

(A)theologies, Archive, Books, RD10QDecember 10, 2019

‘Empty the Pews’ Gives Voice to Those Who’ve Escaped Toxic Christianity

By Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O'Neal

We want people who grew up or are growing up in right-wing Christian environments to understand that it’s okay to trust their doubts; and [because] there’s still a pretty strong taboo in the American public sphere against criticizing any large Christian group we hope this book will help [change that].

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