(RNS) — “All my friends are finding new beliefs,” Katie Pruitt sings on the opening track of her sophomore album, “Mantras,” releasing Friday (April 5).Pruitt, a queer singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee, writes music that, with agile vocals and catchy guitar riffs, explores the fraught nature of leaving one’s childhood faith.
In one of the album’s singles, “White Lies, White Jesus and You,” Pruitt, who grew up Catholic, sings the title’s list, calling them “some things I put behind me.” Pruitt told Religion News Service the song speaks to the people who have made her feel “less than” by trying to fix her.
“The way I felt the knife turning into my side/ When I heard you say the words, ‘I’ll pray for you,’“ Pruitt sings in a music video that depicts a queer love story unfolding at a Christian summer camp, replete with classic Catholic plaid skirts.
A recent survey from the Public Religion Research Institute found that 11% of Americans are former Catholics, a number roughly in line with other surveys. And across all the people PRRI surveyed, 47% of those who left their religion cited “negative teaching about or treatment of gay and lesbian people” in their decision.
Katie Pruitt’s “Mantras” album cover. (Courtesy image)
As Pruitt, who uses she and they pronouns, told RNS: “I’m finding my own lens to view and experience spirituality through. And just because it’s not the same as yours doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”
Pruitt said they purposely wrote about a white Jesus to reflect the way their understand …
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In one of the album’s singles, “White Lies, White Jesus and You,” Pruitt, who grew up Catholic, sings the title’s list, calling them “some things I put behind me.” Pruitt told Religion News Service the song speaks to the people who have made her feel “less than” by trying to fix her.
“The way I felt the knife turning into my side/ When I heard you say the words, ‘I’ll pray for you,’“ Pruitt sings in a music video that depicts a queer love story unfolding at a Christian summer camp, replete with classic Catholic plaid skirts.
A recent survey from the Public Religion Research Institute found that 11% of Americans are former Catholics, a number roughly in line with other surveys. And across all the people PRRI surveyed, 47% of those who left their religion cited “negative teaching about or treatment of gay and lesbian people” in their decision.
Katie Pruitt’s “Mantras” album cover. (Courtesy image)
As Pruitt, who uses she and they pronouns, told RNS: “I’m finding my own lens to view and experience spirituality through. And just because it’s not the same as yours doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”
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