Deconstructing Evangelical Christianity

Books to read on your deconstruction and/or deconversion journey

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1	Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 37,416 ratings score: 1,482, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 2,105 ratings score: 800, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr 4.39 avg rating — 17,046 ratings score: 778, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein 4.17 avg rating — 6,122 ratings score: 688, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald 4.16 avg rating — 1,823 ratings score: 580, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans 4.39 avg rating — 17,074 ratings score: 467, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler 3.80 avg rating — 52,179 ratings score: 394, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 2,578 ratings score: 385, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good by Nadia Bolz-Weber 4.21 avg rating — 8,633 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing by Emily Joy Allison 4.32 avg rating — 839 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans 4.03 avg rating — 16,930 ratings score: 380, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint by Nadia Bolz-Weber 4.33 avg rating — 13,916 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America by Anthea Butler 4.26 avg rating — 2,125 ratings score: 367, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans 4.21 avg rating — 24,744 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions by Rachel Held Evans 4.24 avg rating — 10,848 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon 4.19 avg rating — 6,069 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity by Jamie Lee Finch 4.04 avg rating — 1,614 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire by John Wigger (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 364 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore 4.44 avg rating — 43,704 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity by Alice Greczyn (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 614 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally by Marcus J. Borg 4.15 avg rating — 3,622 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion by Marlene Winell 4.32 avg rating — 812 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Sex, God, and the Conservative Church by Tina Schermer Sellers (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 367 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom by Candida R. Moss 3.95 avg rating — 652 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Led By Wolves: Exposing The Heresies Of TV Evangelism by Jack Nelson 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists by Dan Barker 3.97 avg rating — 7,259 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku (Narrator) 4.24 avg rating — 5,964 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Cult Child by Vennie Kocsis (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 715 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy by Philip S. Gorski 4.19 avg rating — 1,401 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Perdendo Tempo Com Deus: Por Que Sou Ateu by Paulo Bitencourt (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy by Cait West (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,032 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	A Violent Evangelism: The Political and Religious Conquest of the Americas by Luis Nestor Miranda Rivera 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker by Paulo Bitencourt (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Educated by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 1,794,142 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story by Christopher B. Hays 4.17 avg rating — 582 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife by Shannon Harris 3.74 avg rating — 2,688 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions by Rachel Held Evans 4.24 avg rating — 10,848 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church by Gregory A. Boyd 4.21 avg rating — 3,252 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins 3.87 avg rating — 13,464 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Southern Evangelicals and the Social Order, 1800-1860 by Anne C. Loveland 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith by April Ajoy (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 2,674 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices by Frank Viola (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 3,729 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South: White Evangelical Protestants and Operation Dixie by Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality by Erin Wathen (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church by Chrissy Stroop (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 445 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Biblical Literalism by John Shelby Spong 4.10 avg rating — 528 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs by Peter Enns 4.25 avg rating — 4,311 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	How Jesus Saves the World from Us: 12 Antidotes to Toxic Christianity by Morgan Guyton 4.21 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	I Got Two Wings: Incidents and Anecdotes of The Two-Winged Preacher and Electric Guitar Evangelist Elder Utah Smith by Lynn Abbott liked it 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Messengers: Portraits of African American Ministers, Evangelists, Gospel Singers and Other Messengers of the Word. by David Ritz really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World's Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian by Brian D. McLaren 4.10 avg rating — 1,221 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Forgiven: The Rise and Fall of Jim Bakker and the PTL Ministry by Charles E. Shepard 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor 4.39 avg rating — 5,337 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women by Sarah Bessey (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 12,300 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus by Philip Gulley 4.15 avg rating — 926 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse by Chuck DeGroat 4.37 avg rating — 2,502 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith by Obery M. Hendricks Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 515 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump by Sarah Posner 4.04 avg rating — 912 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions by Cami Ostman (Editor) 3.46 avg rating — 450 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over by Addie Zierman (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 2,142 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	To Earth We Have Returned: Poems on Religious Trauma by Marie Thearose (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Evangelical Anxiety: A Memoir by Charles Marsh 3.57 avg rating — 304 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next by Bradley Onishi 4.31 avg rating — 1,097 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey 4.07 avg rating — 6,369 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars