Articles
If your god is not God, fire him by Dale S. Ryan
Spiritual Abuse in Pulpit and Pew by Dale Wolery
Breaking Free:What I’ve Learned About Spiritual Abuse by Barbara Milligan
Spiritual Abuse: An Interview with Jeff VanVonderen
When Religion Goes Bad by Dale Ryan and Jeff VanVonderen
When Religion Goes Bad: 2 — Religious Addiction by Dale Ryan and Jeff VanVonderen
When Religious Goes Bad: 3 — Religious Codependency by Dale Ryan and Jeff VanVonderen
When You Are Ready to Try Again: Going Back to Church by Jeff VanVonderen
There are some excellent articles on spirituality in the Library of the
National Association for Christian Recovery including the following:
Spiritual Brokenness in Recovery by Dale Ryan
Recovery from Distorted Images of God by Juanita Ryan
There are also some helpful resources at Recovery from Abuse
Bible Studies
Several Bible studies by Dale and Juanita can be purchased in the online store of the National Association for Christian Recovery including one on Recovery from Spiritual Abuse and one entitled Recovery from Distorted Images of God .
Video
Several videos on spiritual abuse by Jeff VanVonderen can be found here.
Also consider getting a copy of All God’s Children, a painful but very helpful case study of spiritual abuse in the Christian community. You can get a copy here
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Well, frankly, we suggest starting with the stuff in our on-line Store. The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse is must reading. Secondly, we recommend getting a copy of Soul Repair: Rebuilding a Spiritual Life by Jeff VanVonderen, Dale Ryan and Juanita Ryan. You can order it at amazon.com
Here are some other books which we recommend. Most are available through Amazon.com and other online retailers:
Healing Spiritual Abuse : How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences
by Ken Blue
Paperback – 166 pages (October 1993)
Intervarsity Pr; ISBN: 0830816607
Twisted Scriptures : A Path to Freedom from Abusive Churches
by Mary Alice Chrnalogar, Paul M. Howey (Editor), Stephen D. Martin (Editor)
Paperback – 273 pages 2 edition (February 1997)
Control Techniques Inc; ISBN: 0964958805
More Jesus, Less Religion : Moving from Rules to Relationship
by Stephen Arterburn, Jack Felton
Paperback – 240 pages 1 Ed edition (February 2000)
Waterbrook Pr; ISBN: 1578562503
Healing Spiritual Abuse and Religious Addiction
by Matthew Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, Dennis Linn
Paperback (August 1994)
Paulist Press; ISBN: 0809134888
12 ‘Christian’ Beliefs That Can Drive You Crazy : Relief from False Assumptions
by Henry Cloud, John Townsend
Paperback – 249 pages (August 1995)
Zondervan Publishing House; ISBN: 0310494915
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