Faith deconstruction with moral clarity.
The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast sits with people who have left destructive religious systems and asks what recovery actually costs. Its conversations move from personal harm to wider patterns in evangelicalism, Christian nationalism, spiritual abuse, and political power.
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The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast is a serious, conversation-driven show about deconstruction after evangelicalism and other high-control religious worlds. It starts from harm. Then it asks what made the harm possible. Dr. Clint Haycock, described in the show’s own introduction as a former evangelical Bible college teacher and pastor of more than 20 years, brings an insider’s fluency to questions of doctrine, authority, and institutional control. The tone is grave but approachable. Episodes often open loosely, with scheduling trouble, book updates, house moves, or guest reconnections, before the conversation narrows into difficult material. That informality matters. It makes the show feel less like a panel and more like a sustained attempt to name what people lived through. Recent conversations center on religious trauma, spiritual abuse, Christian parenting ideology, and the aftermath of leaving belief systems that once organized a whole life. Tia Levings appears to discuss recovery and hope after religious trauma. Marissa Burt and Kelsey McGinnis revisit The Myth of Good Christian Parenting. Timmy Joe Gibson joins for a conversation between two ex-pastors deconstructing Christianity. Nick P from The Autistic Pod brings another cross-podcast exchange into the mix. Brian and Troy from IWATF return after that podcast has ended. The political side is just as present. Katherine Stewart’s episode follows the links between religion and threats to American democracy. Brandt Burleson’s conversation turns toward Christian Zionism, Christian nationalism, and work connected to the Israeli consulate in Houston. Katherine Spearing’s episode gives language to spiritual gaslighting, manipulative repentance, damaging forgiveness teaching, and life after spiritual abuse. The show is not neutral about abuse or hypocrisy. It is careful, but it is willing to be angry. Its recurring move is to take an individual story and show the larger religious or political machinery around it. That makes it useful for listeners rebuilding after faith, and for anyone trying to understand why doctrine can become so personal, so public, and so hard to leave behind.
Made for: For listeners processing religious trauma, leaving fundamentalist or evangelical systems, or trying to understand the politics around religion. It also suits people who prefer candid interviews over polished commentary.
What sets it apart: The show combines ex-pastor insider knowledge with survivor-centered conversations, moving steadily from personal experience to systems of authority. It treats doctrine, abuse, and politics as connected rather than separate subjects.
Reconstruction after Deconstruction--after leaving destructive religious dogma behind!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Clint Haycock connects religious deconstruction to coercive power, political movements, and the difficult work of rebuilding identity after belief.
Dr. Clint Haycock turns guest interviews into sustained examinations of what happens when religious authority becomes coercive. Drawing on his experience as a former evangelical pastor and Bible college teacher, he asks how people recognize spiritual abuse, recover agency after…
Clint Haycock puts doctrine in the witness box and gives you a former insider's seat.
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