On today's episode of The Return, Dustin and Jordan are joined by Karen Huckaby, LMFT, who started a therapy practice called The Reclaim geared around working with people with experiences of religious abuse and spiritual trauma.

The Reclaim: A Therapy Collective Website

On today's episode, Dustin and Jordan share some book recommendations that have found helpful and believe might help you on your religious reconstruction journey.

Jordan's Recommendations:

1. Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious Ross Douthat

2. After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond Bruce Greyson, MD

3. Septology Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls

Dustin's Recommendations

1. When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes Brian Zahnd

2. Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism Mark D. Baker

In the second in a series of episodes on the causes of people's religious deconstruction, Dustin and Jordan discuss one of biggest stumbling blocks for Jordan but many other religious people as well: the reality of a plurality of competing religious traditions in our world. In this episode, they discuss the various ways to think about and conceptualize about these other religious traditions: exclusivism, pluralism, and inclusivism.

If you have questions or are interested in sharing your story, please email us at thereturnreconstructionpodcast@gmail.com