Abstract
This project aims to evaluate the relationship between religious trauma and religious identity. Through the collection of quantitative data from online surveys and qualitative data from virtual interviews, I argue that religious trauma is a process with multiple phases of recovery, caused by Conservative Evangelical doctrine. I discuss how these Conservative Evangelical teachings are based in and support patriarchal systems. As well as how these teachings are disregarded by American society as outlandish, when they have become engrained into American culture and history. I go onto describe how Conservative Evangelical doctrine can be harmful to individuals’ mental health and development, causing them to want to exert their own agency in a multitude of ways. I argue that the role of community that religious organizations provide is difficult to replace, and is needed, not just by those that have experienced religious trauma.
Advisor
Rapport, Jeremy
Department
Religious Studies
Recommended Citation
Teichert, Emma, "Religious Trauma and Identity: The Importance of Community" (2024). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 10971.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/10971
Disciplines
Christianity | Comparative Methodologies and Theories | Ethics in Religion | Psychology | Social Statistics
Keywords
Religious Trauma, Religious Identity, Survey, Interviews
Publication Date
2024
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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