1. Exvangelicals and the Exodus: Deconstruction and the Future of Faith

What happens when the faith you were given as a child stops making sense? A migration is unfolding across Western Christianity, and the Christ-centred mystics saw it coming centuries ago. In this episode, Graham explores the exvangelical movement through the lens of Scripture, the Christian mystical tradition, sociology, and pastoral theology. He examines the idols that drive people from the church, including certainty, power, nationalism, purity culture, and tribalism. He engages with voices like St. John of the Cross, Simone Weil, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Charles Taylor, and Paul Ricoeur. And he asks what reconstruction looks like for those who've walked through the fire, and what the church must learn if it wants to accompany people through the wilderness with honesty, humility, and love. Book recommendations: The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross, Waiting for God by Simone Weil, and A Secular Age by Charles Taylor. Email us at [email protected] Podcast links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrahamJosephHillPodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7aqTMTcoYPcvneL4xg4Ohv Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast/id1890838919 Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-tsqgs-1534f12 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/271b0dd3-990d-41e6-b4ba-3fd4bcf78cef iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/329136112 Player FM: https://player.fm/series/3726148 Listen Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast/id1890838919 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-graham-joseph-hill-podcast-6435212 Boomplay: https://www.boomplaymusic.com/podcasts/143800