Darrel Ray
Recovering from Religion — Kansas City, MO
Darrel Ray, Ed.D. is an organizational psychologist and student of religion for over forty years. Raised in a fundamentalist Christian home, he knows religion from the inside out. He has a BA in sociology, an MA in religion and an Ed.D. in counseling psychology. He left religion in his thirties, but continued to ask the question, "How does religion work on the mind and behavior of those it infects?" Because no other authors seemed to be answering this question, he wrote The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture as a practical and theoretical guide to those who want to understand religion and specifically how to eliminate it from our lives. Darrel is the author of two other books on organizational and leadership psychology.
In March of 2009, he started a new organization, Recovering from Religion (RR). Taking the notion of religious infection seriously, he recognized that people need a support system to help them deal with the consequences and aftermath of leaving religion. RR is a self help movement in support of those trying to deal with the emotional and social impact leaving has on their lives. Starting with one group, there are now 13 groups in 10 cities across the US and over 400 members. Visit them on the web at www.recoveringreligionists.com.
Watch Darrel talk about The God Virus:
