Religious Trauma
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BOOKS
When Religion Hurts You _ Dr. Laura Anderson
Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma -Teresa B. Pasquale
The Healing Path – James Finley
Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores -Dr. Diane Langberg
Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church -Dr. Diane Langberg
Healing What’s Within – Chuck Degroat
When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse – Chuck Degroat
The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church – David Johnson, Jeff VanVonderen
Broken Trust: …a practical guide to identify and recover from toxic faith, toxic church, and spiritual abuse – Remy Diederich
Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel – DT Bryant
We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis– Mary Demuth
Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices – Janyne McConnaughey
This Little Light– Christa Brown
Snake Oil: The Art of Healing and Truth-Telling- Becca Stevens
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics – Rachel Denhollander
Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse– Shannon Thomas, LCSW
Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church– Rachel Held Evans
Church Too– Emily Joy Allison, LyzLenz
Girl at the End of the World: My Escape from Fundamentalism in Search of Faith with a Future-Elizabeth Esther
A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing – Laura McKnight Barringer
Leaving the Fold-Marlene Winell, PhD
WEBSITES
G.R.A.C.E– Godly Response Against Abuse in a Christian Environment
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
BozLaw PA-Legal Services
The Allender Center – Spiritual Abuse & Healing Online Course
David Pooler, PhD- Baylor University
Light University- Spiritual Abuse 2.0
Spiritual Abuse in the Church- Chuck Degroat
PESI- Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse
Connie Baker- Religious Abuse Recovery
GCRR-Global Center of Religious Research
Center for Non-Religious Spirituality
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