S02E16 The Books that Taught Gen X to Question Authority

from The Mighty Philbert Podcast · host Phil Barksdale

Send us Fan MailBefore Gen X ever questioned sermons, we were assigned novels about hypocrisy, authoritarianism, absurdity, and institutional failure. In this episode of The Mighty Philbert, we explore how required reading in junior high and high school quietly shaped the skeptical lens that many of us carried into adulthood—and into our eventual departure from organized religion.Books covered:The Catcher in the Rye1984The OutsidersSlaughterhouse-FiveGeneration XPart 1 of a two-part series in the “Why Gen X Walked Away” arc.#themightyphilbert #deconstruction #exvangelical #genx

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