DIVORCING RELIGION:
A MEMOIR AND SURVIVAL HANDBOOK
What happens when your entire worldview crumbles?
Best-selling author Janice Selbie takes readers on a candid journey through the heart of fundamentalist Christianity and out the other side in this compelling memoir and practical guide.
From devout believer to religious trauma recovery expert, Selbie shares her experiences with unflinching honesty and unexpected humor.
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In Divorcing Religion, Janice recounts:
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Growing up in an evangelical household
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Her struggles with purity culture and identity
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The crisis of faith that led to leaving religion behind
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Her sometimes messy path to rebuilding a life beyond belief
But Divorcing Religion offers more than just a personal story. Drawing from her expertise
as a registered professional counselor specializing in religious trauma, Selbie provides a
comprehensive "Survival Handbook" for those breaking free from religious indoctrination.
This book is an invaluable resource for anyone questioning their faith, healing from
religious trauma, or curious about life after fundamentalism.
Janice Selbie, before and after Divorcing Religion
Janice Selbie is a Registered Professional Counsellor who founded CORT: the Conference on Religious Trauma and the Shameless Sexuality: Life After Purity Culture conference. In addition to working 1:1 with clients, Janice hosts the Divorcing Religion Podcast. Her recent book, Divorcing Religion: A Memoir and Survival Handbook, is an Amazon bestseller.
Janice’s contributions to the field of religious trauma recovery are well respected. She has helped many clients Divorce Religion and find freedom from fundamentalism. She is passionate about the topic of Religious Trauma Syndrome and encouraging survivors to explore what the secular world has to offer.
Janice has interviewed well-known atheists and humanists like author Margaret Atwood, “The Thinking Atheist” Seth Andrews, religious trauma pioneer Dr. Darrel Ray, and religious trauma survivors like Yasmine Mohammed (author of Unveiled).
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