Faithless

Where is the line between deep religious commitment and unhealthy control? For Micki, Esther and Nicola - once deeply devout members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Nigerian Deeper Life Bible Church and Mormonism respectively - somewhere along the way, the balance tipped. Eventually, the effort of holding on became harder than letting go.

Faithless takes an intimate look at that struggle through their personal stories and at the moments when they allowed themselves to ask difficult questions. But for people born into tight-knit religious communities, leaving your faith is rarely as simple as deciding you no longer believe. Micki, Esther and Nicola reveal what it can cost to walk away - and the revelations that unfold once you do.

With thanks to Faith to Faithless, a Humanists UK service guided by people with lived experience of leaving controlling religious environments.
Original music by Steve Urquhart.

Produced by May Robson.
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Four.