Erin is the Founding Director of the Erin Grimm School: https://eringrimm.school.
+Erin Grimm’s books:
Erin’s first two books were written for traditional Christians to encourage them to realize they aren’t going to suffer eternal consequences for taking mental health medicine, integrating social justice into their daily lives, and acknowledging they were sexually, physically, and emotionally abused.
Book: Emergent Grace: Christian Hope for Serious Mental Illness
Book: What I Remember of the Little I Understand: A Memoir of Finding Mental Health in Christ
Erin’s third book is the one she is most passionate about. It addresses Jewish suffering as it engages more global themes of justice, equality, religious equality, and Palestinian liberation. It was written to assure Christians that they won’t suffer eternally for valuing universal human rights and denouncing Israeli apartheid, occupation, and genocide. It states unequivocally that the occupation is wrong, settler colonialism is wrong, that nonviolence is essential, and that Palestinians deserve their land back.
Book: Christians for a Free Palestine: A Guide to Ethical Living
+Erin Grimm’s articles (selected):
Global Christianity:
In Churches for Middle East Peace: Faith by Itself, If Not Accompanied by Action, is Dead
In the Wesleayan Theological Journal: Book Review of Emerging Theologies of the Global South
Mental Health:
In Firebrand: Against Assisted Suicide
With the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint: “Like a Dog: From Child Abuse to Involuntary Hospitalization”
In The Seattle Times: “Why I’m Grateful I Was Forced to Receive Mental Health Treatment“
+Erin Grimm’s Speaking (Selected):
At the University of Washington: The Aysenur Ezgi Eygi Vigil
On Slate: Psychiatry Isn’t a Panacea*
*Social justice addition to podcast
Washington Association for Bilingual Education: “Speaking Truth to Power: Long-Term English Learners Find their Voice”
Nature Stewards: “Creating Backyard Wildlife Habitats”
PCUSA: Supporting Reparations in the Church
Exclusive podcasts with de-escalation expert Andy Prisco: On involuntary mental health treatment (2023) On Artificial Intelligence and Psychosis (2025)
UCLA Conference on Slavic Studies: “Scandal: Dostoevsky’s Theater of Ideas”
Podcast with the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint: “Bolstering Self-Regard: the Energetics of Helping Children Thrive in Negative Classroom Environments”
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages: “Hidden Resonance: Physical Focalization in Novalis and Tiutchev”
Immigration Task Force, United Church of Christ: Black Hermeneutics and the Church
Women’s Retreat Facilitator, United Church of Christ: Somatics and Justice
