Show Notes
Content warning: References to claims of misconduct, which include emotional, spiritual and physical abuse.
Soul Survivor festivals in the UK attracted thousands of young people during the nineties and noughties. What is it like to be an adult today looking back to when you were a kid in the crowd? How do you reflect on those experiences after both a Church of England review and an independent report commissioned by trustees of Soul Survivor substantiated claims of misconduct by its founder Mike Pilavachi? In this Life Issues episode, Vicky Gibbens is joined by Dr Lucy Sixsmith, a Cambridge academic who attended those youth festivals as a teenager. She has been considering the ongoing influence of them in adulthood and the personal questions about her faith which have been prompted by this scandal. Her book is called ‘When the music fades: power, surrender and the Soul Survivor generation’.
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