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The Bible For Normal People

[Faith] Episode 26: Matthias Roberts - Psychology, Religious Trauma, & Reconstructing Faith

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Matthias Roberts joins Jared and Angela Parker in this episode of Faith for Normal People to talk about his work as a psychotherapist, the path to healing from religious trauma, and what faith after religious trauma might look like. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Faith for Normal People, the only other God-ordained podcast on the internet.

0:04.7

I'm Pete Ends.

0:05.5

And I'm Jared Bias.

0:06.5

Well, it's finally time to let you know about the next book in our commentary series, which

0:16.7

is going to be John for Normal People.

0:19.3

Of course, it's got the best in biblical scholarship, but it's also playful.

0:22.8

And our author, Jennifer Garcia Basha, has masterfully weaved these two together and explores

0:29.0

what we might learn about Jesus when we're attentive to the text.

0:32.1

Of course, it impacts issues of authorship, dating, reduction history, cultural and social

0:37.1

context, all the things that you maybe have picked up on in seven seasons of the Bible

0:41.1

for Normal People, historical background, narrative criticism, all those big words.

0:45.6

But it's a way to look at the text and really understand it from all of those angles.

0:50.8

So you can buy it online wherever you get your books, Tuesday, October 10th.

0:55.7

So go ahead, bookmark it, write it on a sticky note, however you remember things.

0:59.8

Do it that way.

1:00.8

John for Normal People with Jennifer Garcia Basha.

1:04.0

Well folks, today on Faith for Normal People, I'm joined by Angela Parker, who's a member

1:07.7

of our nerds in residence team.

1:09.8

So welcome to the podcast, Angela.

1:11.4

Oh my goodness.

1:12.4

Thank you, Jared, for having me.

1:14.6

I am really excited for this episode because we are talking to a former student of mine

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