The Clergy Project - Clergy losing their faith

When Religious Leaders Lose Their Faith

Teresa MacBain was pastor of a United Methodist church. In March, she made a confession: She is now an atheist. MacBain, NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty and Jerry DeWitt, executive director of Recovering from Religion talk about how losing faith changes lives and communities.


http://www.npr.org/2012/05/07/152197685/when-religious-leaders-lose...

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Permalink Reply by Alice on May 7, 2012 at 7:56pm

this really is a massive and significant project.  be interesting to see where it goes.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on May 15, 2012 at 10:44am

Thanks for the post. I always think of Dan Barker. Minister turned Atheist.

I would love to hear their stories of deconversion.

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