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Faith Crisis Help

Recommended Book List

Faith Crisis/Leaving

Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis: A Simple Developmental Map by Thomas Wirthlin McConkie
Losing Your Faith, Finding Your Soul: The Passage to New Life When Old Beliefs Die by David Robert Anderson
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning by James Fowler
ExMormon’s Search For Meaning: On Life After Faith Crisis by Zach Olsen
How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion by Alyssa Grenfell and Dr. John Dehlin
Letters to a Leaving Mormon Paperback by Ashley Mae Hoiland
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings by Noah Rasheta
Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question by David B. Ostler
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor by Janna Riess
Trauma Bonded: A True Story of Navigating Attachments Forged in Complex PTSD by Sarah Westbrook

Church History

No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn M. Brodie
Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Lyman Bushman
Dale Morgan on Early Mormonism: Correspondence and a New History by Dale Morgan (Author), John Phillip Walker (Editor)

Related Movies

Smallfoot
The Truman Show
Tangled
Moana
The Invention of Lying
Pleasantville
The Matrix
Wild, Wild Country
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Related Music

Excommunication – Tyler Glenn
Rabbit Hole – Mindy Gledhill
Ages – The Hunts
All You Need is Love – The Beatles
Love Boat Captain, Getaway, Infallible, Faithful, Unthought Known – Pearl Jam
Losing My Religion – R.E.M.
Laughing With – Regina Spektor
Brave – Sarah Bareilles
Roar – Katy Perry
Believer, West Coast, I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Defying Gravity – Wicked
This Is Me – The Greatest Showman
There, There, 2 + 2 = 5, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, House of Cards – Radiohead
Smallfoot Soundtrack
Frozen 2 Soundtrack
Moana Soundtrack
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
Déjà Vu – Roger Waters

Thoughts about self-harm or suicide?

National (US) 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988 (call or text)
University Neuropsychiatric Institute (Not associated with the church, Not LDS Family Services):
- Crisis line for Salt Lake Area: 801-853-2500
Utah Crisis Line: 1-800-273-TALK
Trevor Project (LGBQT+ specific): 866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline (LGBQT+ specific):
- US: 877-565-8860
- Canada: 877-330-6366
Resources by Canadian Province:
- suicideprevention.ca/need-help/

Websites/Blogosphere

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