Rethinking God with Tacos PODCAST Cary Brown PhD / A Crisis Of Maps
Mar 10, 2026
Cary Brown PhD, a clinical psychologist and marriage & family therapist and author of A Crisis of Maps, discusses how shifts in images of God reshape parenting, trauma healing, and faith. He explores COVID’s role in accelerating theological rethinking. Topics include secure attachment, open systems, trusting love over fear, somatic awareness, and practical tools for reorienting faith and family life.
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Common Shifts When People Rethink God
- Cary Brown found many men shifted from authoritarian fear-based theology to relational views after life experience and study.
- His dissertation interviews revealed common moves: image of God changed, systems opened, fear decreased, and parenting became relational.
Parenting That Follows A New Image Of God
- Do prioritize relationship over rule-following when parenting to produce long-term secure attachment.
- Interviewees moved from behavior-modification parenting to parenting informed by their renewed relational image of God.
The Map Is Not The Territory For Faith
- The map is a handed-down representation; trauma or tragedy rips it and exposes its limits.
- Brown urges asking where your map came from and learning orientation skills beyond ideological certainty.
