Research Question: How can religious trauma impact the trajectory of familial relationships?

Search Terms Used: 

  • Religious trauma
  • religion
  • family issues
  • family relationships

Bibliographic Citations: 

  • Performance by Brittany Broski, Why I Left the Christian Church, 19 Sept. 2023, https://youtu.be/UiusO8_HdfE?si=CVirStBruwJHqEMp . Accessed 23 Sept. 2023.
  • Oppelland, Dorothea. “Religious Conflicts in Families: The Etymology and How to Solve Them?” Marriage.Com, 19 Apr. 2023, www.marriage.com/advice/relationship/religious-conflicts-in-families/.

Source Summary: 

The Broski Report is a podcast conducted by Brittany Broski, it’s a very diverse podcast and in this particular episode, she talked about the discography of a musical album, “Preacher’s Daughter” by Ethel Cain. Brittany talks about the album and how it goes into detail about family relationships and how religion had a negative impact on those relationships. I personally haven’t hear this album but it does sound interesting in the way that it creates a narrative and shows the negatives of faith and religion. As the podcast continues Brittany gives her own personal anecdotes and how religion impacted the relationships she had with her family and she stated, “a household blinded by the doctrines of an Antiquated religion how that inhibits you from forming really intimate relations with you with your family members” (Broski 27:20). This goes to show how on a certain level family members are often blinded by religion and often oversee how it affects them personally and those around them.