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★★★★☆ 4.18 • Goodreads

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  • Faith Deconstruction
  • Evangelical Critique
  • Personal Spirituality

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If Awake by Jen Hatmaker gave you permission to question everything, then The Exvangelicals by Sarah McCammon hands you the megaphone.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Journalism meets memoir—hard facts + soft heart
  • Megachurch scandals finally named & shamed publicly
  • Validates your rage without the guilt trip
  • Purity culture's damage gets the receipts

If Jen Hatmaker's Awake gave you permission to question the evangelical script, Sarah McCammon's The Exvangelicals hands you the megaphone. This is the unfiltered companion to your own faith deconstruction—where purity culture, LGBTQ erasure, and megachurch posturing get the reckoning they've earned. McCammon writes like your smartest friend over coffee, blending NPR-sharp reporting with the warmth of someone who's survived the same spiritual whiplash, turning your midnight doubts into validated daylight.

This is the unfiltered companion to your own faith deconstruction you didn't know you needed.

Where Hatmaker cracked open the door to progressive theology, McCammon walks you all the way through it—no guilt, no apologies. It's the spiritual detox for suburban women who've evolved faster than their church directories.

This is the unfiltered companion to your own faith deconstruction you didn't know you needed.

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What Readers Are Saying

"Wow...this book offers me an example of what healing can look like on this journey..." Travis Whaley, Goodreads
"McCammon delivers a heartfelt, insider’s look at evangelical Christianity...it’s got drama, it’s got emotion, and it definitely gives you a lot to think about." Graeme Newell, Goodreads
"...the best distillation of what it’s like growing up...the kind of book I’d like to hand to friends" Josh Freund, Goodreads

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