Leaving Religion for Podcast Spirituality: A Practical Theological Study of Former Evangelicals in Virtual Conversations

For the last few decades, generations of young evangelicals have found themselves as the subject of countless books, studies, and discussions as older evangelicals attempt to understand what might dissuade them from leaving the church at such alarming rates. At the same time, though they have been at the center of concern, their own voices and contributions have been sidelined to the fringes. This study enters the ongoing conversations among thousands of individuals who have left evangelicalism. Often labeled as “conscientious objectors,” these individuals have not abandoned evangelicalism to adopt another religion wholesale. They continue to congregate, albeit virtually, in seemingly endless conversations. This study engages these conversations to gain a better understanding of the ordinary theology beyond evangelicalism.