Darrel Ray, Ph.D. is the founder of Recovering from Religion, a network of self-help support groups around the United States. He is also the author of the best-selling book The God Virus, and a popular speaker on the subject. Darrel’s latest book is Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality. He has been a psychologist for over 30 years. Darrel practiced counseling and clinical psychology for 10 years before moving into organizational psychology and consulting. He has been a student of religion most of his life, holding a M.A. degree in Religion, a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology, and a Ph.D. in Psychology.
Born into a fundamentalist family and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Ray grew up surrounded by religion. He had a grandfather who preached for 40 years, cousins who were preachers and missionaries, and parents who became missionaries when they retired.