Jonny Scaramanga
Jonny Scaramanga is a PhD student at the Institute of Education, London. He grew up as a Christian fundamentalist and is currently writing a memoir of his daring escape. He has also appeared in the Times Education Supplement, the Guardian’s Comment Is Free, and Liberal Conspiracy, and on Radio 4, Radio Berkshire, 4Thought TV and BBC2.
And if you are doubting that Scaramanga is his real name read this (George Scaramanga is Jonny’s grandfather).
Articles by Jonny Scaramanga
My Apostasy Story: Jonny Scaramanga
As part of our Apostasy Project series Jonny Scaramanga, brought up a Christian fundamentalist, explains how he left the church
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I’m sorry, I’m dating Jesus
A barrage of evangelical dating manuals encourage Christian youth to direct their sexual desire at Jesus, and keep their hands off themselves. Ex-evangelical Jonny Scaramanga looks back at a mis-spent youth
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A fundamental problem
Examinations set at evangelical Christian schools in the UK equate evolution with Nazism and teach children that man co-existed with dinosaurs. Some of these schools receive government funding. Jonny Scaramanga, who was educated within this system, argues it must stop
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Churches scarred me, but secularism can be lonely
Scarred by his fundamentalist upbringing, but in search of a sense of belonging, Jonny Scaramanga gives a cautious welcome to then idea of an atheist church
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