00:00 Intro 01:17 The Conference on Death, Grief & Belief 03:17 Toxic Theology as a Contributing Factor in Complicated Grief (Or Mourning) 05:22 The Atheist Purity Test 08:24 Complicated Grief in Relation to Toxic Theology 9:18 Dark Night of the Soul & Questioning God 12:00 Dealing with trauma (and feeling like God is not pleased with us) 12:30 Example of toxic theology in Christian movies 13:29 Interfaith chaplaincy and supporting hospice clients 17:45 Fowler’s Stages of Faith Development 20:05 Religious Critique of Fowler’s Stages of Faith Development 21:00 Evelyn Underhill’s 5 Stages of Mysticism & The Exodus Story 22:12 The Exodus Myth: Enslaved to Ego & Mystical Union 23:19 Fowler’s Stages, Managing Grief, and Religious Coping Scales 25:32 Making Meaning of Loss 25:52 Complicated grief: When religious ideas cause distressing symptoms 27:54 When trauma leads to a faith deconstruction 31:13 Counseling those who are deconstructing (and need help processing trauma) 41:37 Why would a loving God ordain or allow traumatic events 46:49 How to become an interfaith chaplain & clinical pastoral education programs Full blog and podcast here: www.mikedelgado.org/podcast/toxic-theology/
Great discussion, thanks for sharing. I was 31 when I lost my second foster guardian in 2001. She was a liberal form of Missionary Baptist. I converted to Christianity because part of the good news of the Gospel is being reunited with lost loved ones. In 2007, I was convinced by conservative, fundamentalists, Oneness Pentecostals that they were the one true church and I had to join them to be “saved.” They made it clear to me that my second foster guardian went to hell after she died *because she believed in the Trinity.* But, was I saved? The leaders of the fundamentalist denomination I was part of used fear of going to hell to control parishioners. During every church service they would preach, _”if you..”_ (fill in the blank) _”then you aint saved!”_ Of course they filled in the blank with sex outside of marriage, same gender attractions, and abortion. At the time, it seemed reasonable, however, they also filled in that blank with ridiculous stuff like owning a television or watching tv, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol in any amount, not tithing, being a democrat, missing church, attending a different church without the pastor’s approval, etc.
00:00 Intro
01:17 The Conference on Death, Grief & Belief
03:17 Toxic Theology as a Contributing Factor in Complicated Grief (Or Mourning)
05:22 The Atheist Purity Test
08:24 Complicated Grief in Relation to Toxic Theology
9:18 Dark Night of the Soul & Questioning God
12:00 Dealing with trauma (and feeling like God is not pleased with us)
12:30 Example of toxic theology in Christian movies
13:29 Interfaith chaplaincy and supporting hospice clients
17:45 Fowler’s Stages of Faith Development
20:05 Religious Critique of Fowler’s Stages of Faith Development
21:00 Evelyn Underhill’s 5 Stages of Mysticism & The Exodus Story
22:12 The Exodus Myth: Enslaved to Ego & Mystical Union
23:19 Fowler’s Stages, Managing Grief, and Religious Coping Scales
25:32 Making Meaning of Loss
25:52 Complicated grief: When religious ideas cause distressing symptoms
27:54 When trauma leads to a faith deconstruction
31:13 Counseling those who are deconstructing (and need help processing trauma)
41:37 Why would a loving God ordain or allow traumatic events
46:49 How to become an interfaith chaplain & clinical pastoral education programs
Full blog and podcast here:
www.mikedelgado.org/podcast/toxic-theology/
Great discussion, thanks for sharing. I was 31 when I lost my second foster guardian in 2001. She was a liberal form of Missionary Baptist. I converted to Christianity because part of the good news of the Gospel is being reunited with lost loved ones.
In 2007, I was convinced by conservative, fundamentalists, Oneness Pentecostals that they were the one true church and I had to join them to be “saved.” They made it clear to me that my second foster guardian went to hell after she died *because she believed in the Trinity.* But, was I saved?
The leaders of the fundamentalist denomination I was part of used fear of going to hell to control parishioners. During every church service they would preach, _”if you..”_ (fill in the blank) _”then you aint saved!”_ Of course they filled in the blank with sex outside of marriage, same gender attractions, and abortion. At the time, it seemed reasonable, however, they also filled in that blank with ridiculous stuff like owning a television or watching tv, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol in any amount, not tithing, being a democrat, missing church, attending a different church without the pastor’s approval, etc.
Thank you so much for sharing.
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