We are a  consortium of educators, researchers and counselors exploring religious trauma, toxic theology, spiritual elitism and any spiritual beliefs that cause psychological harm, especially when coping with death, trauma and bereavement.  

We understand that spiritual thought exists on a spectrum, and extremism can be present on either end, from evangelical Christianity to New Age theology (or from Atheism to Zoroastrianism), and everywhere in between.

While our focus is specifically on how religious beliefs and cultural ideologies influence one's relationship with death and grief, this is also a forum for anybody who is...