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This list of resources is a very limited and vastly incomplete collection of what is available on the topic of religious abuse. I hope to continue to grow my list of resources. Please feel free to contact me with 1 or 2 of your favorite resources – those that have been most helpful to you! Connie A Baker is not responsible for the content of these resources. The opinions and content of these resources do not necessarily represent the views of Connie.
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❖ General Resources ❖ Christian Colleges And Universities ❖ Complementarianism / Egalitarianism ❖ Homeschool Movement ❖ Institute For Basic Life Principles / Advanced Training Institute / Bill Gothard ❖ No Greater Joy / Created To Be His Helpmeet / To Train Up A Child / Michael & Debi Pearl ❖ Mars Hill / Mark Driscoll ❖ Nouthetic Counseling / Biblical Counseling ❖ Quiverfull / Duggars ❖ Purity Movement / Sex Education ❖ Seventh Day Adventist
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❖ Sovereign Grace Ministries / Covenant Life Church / CJ Mahaney ❖ Southern Baptist Convention / SBC Affiliated Churches ❖ Vision Forum / Doug Phillips ❖ Wallbuilders / David Barton / Ray Comfort ❖ LGBTQ Issues ❖ Church And Race ❖ Church And Politics ❖ Domestic Abuse ❖ Sexual Abuse ❖ Physical, Emotional, Spiritual Healing ❖ Memoirs ❖ Documentaries
Note: Click a topic to navigate around the booklet. Spiritual Abuse and Trauma
❑ Articles
➢ “6 Reasons Why It’s OK To Tell My Story Of Abuse (Even if it causes someone else pain.)”
- Connie Baker, MA LPC
➢ “10 Ways to Spot Spiritual Abuse”
- Mary DeMuth, ChurchLeaders
➢ “20 Diversion Tactics Highly Manipulative Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Psychopaths Use to Silence You”
- Shahida Arabi, Thought Catalog
➢ “Breaking Five Unhealthy Friendship Habits from Fundamentalism”
- Cindy Brandt, Unfundamentalist Parenting
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Spiritual Abuse and Trauma
❑ Articles
➢ “It’s Called Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome, and Yes It’s Real”
- Post Traumatic Church Syndrome
➢ “Power & Transformation - Five Stages of Power”
- Kathy Escobar
➢ “Proof That It’s not a Membership Covenant but a Legally Binding Document”
- The Wartburg Watch
➢ “Religious Trauma Syndrome: How Some Organized Religion Leads to Mental Health Problems”
- Valerie Tarico
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❑ Articles
➢ “Spiritual Terrorism: Christianity Without Insanity”
- Boyd C. Purcell, PhD
➢ “’Survivor’ Bloggers Join Forces to Reveal Christian Fundamentalist Abuses”
- Alisa Harris, The Daily Beast
➢ “Things Not Even Tolerated by the World: Christians and Hypocrisy”
- Samantha Field
➢ “To The One Bruised By the Church”
- Tanya Marlow, Off the Page
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Spiritual Abuse and Trauma
❑ Articles
➢ “Top Ten Signs of a Spiritually Abusive Church”
- Elizabeth Esther
➢ “9 Anti-Abuse Practices Your Church Needs to Adopt”
- Becky Castle Miller, CBE International
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Spiritual Abuse and Trauma
❑ Books
➢ FaithShift
- Kathy Escobar
➢ Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith
- Mae Elise Cannon, Lisa Sharon Harper, Troy Jackson, Soong-Chan Rah
➢ How to Be a Christian Without Going to Church: The Unofficial Guide to Alternative Forms of Christian Community
- Kelly Bean
➢ The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority
- David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen
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❑ Books
➢ Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors - Connie Baker
➢ Spiritual Abuse: How to Identify and Break Free From Toxic Churches Without Losing Your Faith
- Casey Sebella
➢ Broken Trust: a practical guide to identify and recover from toxic faith, toxic church, and spiritual abuse (Overcoming Series: Spiritual Abuse) (Volume 4) - F. Remy Diederich
➢ Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It
- R. Glenn Ball
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❑ Books
➢ Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion
- Marlene Winell
➢ Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma
- Teresa B. Pasquale Richard Rohr (Foreword)
➢ Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free From Bad Church Experience
- Ken Blue
➢ Toxic Churches-Restoration from Spiritual Abuse
- Marc Dupont
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❑ Books
➢ Churches That Abuse
- Ronald M. Enroth
➢ Recovering From Churches That Abuse
- Ronald M. Enroth
➢ Soul Repair: Rebuilding Your Spiritual Life
- Jeff Vonvonderen, Dale Ryan, Juanita Ryan
➢ Let Us Prey-The Plague of Narcissistic Pastors and What We Can Do About It
- R. Glenn Ball, Darrell Pulls, Steven J. Sandage ➢ Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free From Bad Church Experience
- Ken M. Blue
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❑ Websites
➢ Connie Baker
➢ Church Exiters
➢ The Inner Anarchist blog
➢ International Cultic Studies Association
➢ Rachel Held Evans
➢ Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ Tim Fall
➢ Under Much Grace
➢ The Wartburg Watch
➢ Nadia Bolz-Weber
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Spiritual Abuse and Trauma
❑ Websites
➢ Kathy Escobar
➢ NakedPastor
➢ Jonathan Merritt
Note: Click the website name to learn more. ❑ Other Resources
➢ The Liturgists Podcast
➢ “Spiritual Trauma”
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Christian Colleges And Universities
❑ Articles
➢ “By Grace Alone”
- Kathryn Joyce, The American Prospect
➢ “God is Done with You: Pensacola Christian College and Sexual Violence”
- Fred Clark, Slacktivist
➢ “Jane’s Account of Rape, Response of Master’s University to Her Claims, and a Breaking Development Confirming Details #DoYouSeeUs”
- Julie Anne Smith, Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ “New Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Players Gang- Raped Women as ‘Bonding Experience’”
- Camila Domonoske, NPR
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Christian Colleges And Universities
❑ Articles
➢ “Rape Victims Say Bob Jones Told Them to Repent”
- Claire Gordon, Al Jazeera America
➢ “Sexual Assault at God’ Harvard”
- Kiera Feldman, New Republic
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Complementarianism/Egalitarianism
❑ Articles
➢ “10 Ways Male Privilege Shows up in Church”
- Gail Wallace, The Junia Project
➢ “Do Not Bury Your Talents Due to Gender Roles”
- Jory Micah
➢ “Ephesians 5:21-33: How Paul Turns Headship on Its Head”
- Patrick Franklin, The Junia Project
➢ “Men Are Not Lords Over Women – Overcoming the Unbiblical Savior Complex”
- Tim Fall
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❑ Articles
➢ “Why Christians Can Do Better Than the ‘Billy Graham Rule’”
- Tina Osterhouse, CBE International
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❑ Websites
➢ CBE International
➢ The Junia Project
➢ Jory Micah
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❑ Other Resource
➢ Pete Enns, B4NP Podcast Episode 32: “Moving Beyond Patriarchy,” with Carolyn Custis James
Note: Click the resource name to learn more. Homeschool Movement
❑ Articles
➢ “6 Things You Should Know about Voddie Baucham”
- Nick Dukote, Homeschoolers Anonymous
➢ “7 Ways to Support Your LGBTQ Homeschooled Kid No Matter Your Beliefs”
- HARO
➢ “Doug Phillips: The Sex Abuse Lawsuit Conclusion and Epilogue of His Vision Forum Shipwreck”
- Julie Anne Smith, Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ “Five Ways to Empower Your Homeschooled Child to Cope with Trauma”
- HARO
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❑ Articles
➢ “No Unbelievers Allowed: How Homeschooling Became a Christians-Only Club”
- Nick Dukote, Homeschoolers Anonymous
➢ “Toby Willis’ Conviction Is the Latest in a String of Scandals to Hit the Christian Homeschool Community”
- Libby Anne, Love, Joy, Feminism
➢ “When Homeschool Leaders Looked Away: The Old Schoolhouse Cover-up”
- Hännah Ettinger and R. L. Stollar, Homeschoolers Anonymous
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Homeschool Movement
❑ Websites
➢ Homeschoolers Anonymous
➢ Homeschooling’s Invisible Children
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Institute for Basic Life Principles / Advanced Training Institute / Bill Gothard
❑ Articles
➢ “Four Tools of Spiritual Manipulators”
- Recovering Grace
➢ “How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Damage Healthy Relationships”
- Recovering Grace
➢ “Twelve Characteristics of Fundamentalist Societies that Shelter Sexual Abuse”
- Recovering Grace
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Institute for Basic Life Principles / Advanced Training Institute / Bill Gothard
❑ Website
➢ Recovering Grace
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Mars Hill / Mark Driscoll
❑ Articles
➢ “11 Reasons Why People Will Follow Mark Driscoll Again Soon”
- The Naked Pastor
➢ “Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill – A Tutorial on Spiritual Abuse”
- The Wartburg Watch
➢ “Patheos Invite Mark Driscoll to Blog on Their Site”
- Florence Goldea, Christian Today
➢ “Translating Robert Morris’s Manipulative Introduction of Driscoll”
- Crying Out for Justice
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Mars Hill / Mark Driscoll
❑ Websites
➢ Joyful Exiles
➢ Warren Throckmorton
Note: Click the website name to learn more. No Greater Joy / Created to Be His Helpmeet / To Train Up a Child / Michael & Debi Pearl
❑ Articles
➢ “The Abusive Teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl Hurt Both Women and Children”
- Rachel Held Evans
➢ “Another Child’s Death Linked to Pearls and ‘To Train Up a Child’”
- Alicia Bayer
➢ “Submission Doesn’t Mean Lying Down and Taking It”
- Shelia Gregiore, To Love, Honor & Vacuum
➢ “’To Train Up a Child’ Parenting Book Leads to Multiple Child Deaths”
- Carolyn Castiglia, Babble
Note: Click the article name to learn more. No Greater Joy / Created to Be His Helpmeet / To Train Up a Child / Michael & Debi Pearl
❑ Website
➢ Why Not Train a Child?
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Nouthetic Counseling / Biblical Counseling
❑ Articles
➢ “Mental Health and Christianity”
- HARO
➢ “Nouthetic Counseling: A Word of Caution”
- HARO
➢ “The Rise of Biblical Counseling”
- Kathryn Joyce, Pacific Standard
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Quiverfull / Duggars
❑ Articles
➢ “Inside the Christian Cult That Told the Duggars to Blame Their Daughters for Their Abuse”
- Scott Bixby, Mic
➢ “What Is Quiverfull?”
- HARO
➢ “When We Whisper in the Dark”
- Caleigh Royer, Homeschoolers Anonymous
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Quiverfull / Duggars
❑ Book
➢ Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement
- Kathryn Joyce
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❑ Book
➢ Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
- Linda Kay Klein
➢ Shameless: A Sexual Reformation
- Nadia Bolz-Weber
➢ Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity
- Lauren F. Winner
➢ Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn't the Only Option-And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex - Bromleigh McCleneghan
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❑ Book
➢ Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire
- Jennifer Wright Knust
➢ Shameless: How I lost my virginity and kept my faith
- Dani Fankhauser
➢ Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity - Dianna Anderson
Note: Click the book name to learn more. Seventh Day Adventist
❑ Article
➢ “Oregon Men Behind Seventh Day Adventist Sex Abuse Suit Urge Change”
- Oregon Public Broadcasting
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❑ Website
➢ CEASE
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Southern Baptist Convention / SBC Affiliated Churches
❑ Articles
➢ “An Advocate for the Sexually Abused Demands Answers from Prestonwood Bible Church”
- Amy Martyn, Dallas Observer
➢ “Baptist Identity: How It Masks Clergy Sex Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention”
- Christa Brown, Stop Baptist Predators
➢ “Did the Victims of a Memphis Church Abuser Get Counseling and Support From the Involved Churches? You Decide.”
- The Wartburg Watch
➢ “Southern Baptists Elect Known Clergy-Sex- Abuse-Cover-Upper as President”
- Christa Brown, Stop Baptist Predators
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Southern Baptist Convention / SBC Affiliated Churches
❑ Articles
➢ “Steven Furtick and Elevation Church Publicly Support, Celebrate, and Elevate a Convicted Child Sex Offender Before, During and After Federal Prison”
- Amy Smith, Watch Keep
➢ “What’s at Stake: Protecting and Preserving the Innocence of Children”
- Amy Smith, Watch Keep
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Southern Baptist Convention / SBC Affiliated Churches
❑ Websites
➢ Stop Baptist Predators
➢ Watch Keep
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Sovereign Grace Ministries / Covenant Life Church / CJ Mahaney
❑ Articles
➢ “The Failure of Complementarian Manhood”
- Carolyn Custis James
➢ “Inside the Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse at Sovereign Grace Ministries”
- Elizabeth Dias, Time
➢ “Rachael Denhollander, the First Victim to Report Larry Nasser, Goes After Mahaney/SGM in an Interview with Christianity Today”
- The Wartburg Watch
➢ “Rachael Denhollander’s Challenge to Sovereign Grace Churches”
- Joshua Pease, Church Leaders
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Sovereign Grace Ministries / Covenant Life Church / CJ Mahaney
❑ Articles
➢ “The Sex-Abuse Scandal that Devastated a Suburban Megachurch”
- Tiffany Stanley, The Washingtonian
➢ “What You Should Know about Covenant Life Church and Sovereign Grace Ministries, Part 1”
- The Wartburg Watch
➢ “What You Should Know about Covenant Life Church and Sovereign Grace Ministries, Part 2”
- The Wartburg Watch
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❑ Website
➢ SGMMinistries.com
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Vision Forum / Doug Phillips
❑ Articles
➢ “Attempting to Set the Doug Phillips Record Straight, Part 1: The Puzzle of Control”
- Julie Anne Smith, Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ “Attempting to Set the Doug Phillips Record Straight, Part 2: The Victim”
- Julie Anne Smith, Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ “BREAKING: Doug Phillips Threatens Lawsuit Against Former Vision Forum Associates Who Had Earlier Confronted Him About His Sexual Sins”
- Julie Anne Smith, Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ “Doug Phillips’ Biblical Patriarchy Scandal Moves to Courts”
- Julie Ingersoll, Huffington Post
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Vision Forum / Doug Phillips
❑ Articles
➢ “Doug Phillips: The Sex Abuse Lawsuit Conclusion and Epilogue of His Vision Forum Shipwreck”
- Julie Anne Smith, Spiritual Sounding Board
➢ “Set Adrift”
- Jamie Dean, World
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Wallbuilders / David Barton / Ray Comfort
❑ Articles
➢ “The David Barton Controversy”
- Thomas Kidd
➢ “David Barton’s Ignorance (or Deception)”
- Alan Noble
➢ “Depression Is Not a Culture War Battle”
- Warren Throckmorton
➢ “Describing Depression: An Experienced Voice”
- Warren Throckmorton
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Wallbuilders / David Barton / Ray Comfort
❑ Website
➢ Warren Throckmorton
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❑ Articles
➢ “Christians, MLK Day, and Historical Amnesia”
- Rachel Held Evans
➢ “Does Egalitarian Theology Have Anything to Say to People of Color?”
- Gricel Medina, CBE International
➢ “February Isn’t Enough” The Historical Erasure of Black Women”
- Rachel Asproth, CBE International
➢ “Why Race Is Still a Problem for Mormons”
- John G. Turner, New York Times
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Church And Race
❑ Other Resources
➢ Faith & Race Podcast
➢ Under Our Skin: A Forum on Race and Faith
➢ Faith Race and Justice: Standing on the Side of Love
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❑ Articles
➢ “The Downfall of the Ex-Gay Movement”
- Jonathan Merritt, The Atlantic
➢ “The Fallacy in Opposing ‘Bathroom Bills’”
- Russ Dean, Baptist News
➢ “Seven Things I’m Learning About Transgender Persons”
- Mark Wingfield, Baptist News
➢ “What Every Christian Should Know About Trans People”
- Melinda Selmys
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❑ Website
➢ Warren Throckmorton
➢ Free Mom Hugs
Note: Click the website name to learn more. LGBTQ Issues
❑ Book
➢ My Exodus: From Fear to Grace
- Alan Chambers
➢ Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
- Jeff Chu
➢ How We Sleep At Night: A Mother's Memoir
- Sara Cunningham
Note: Click the book name to learn more. Church And Politics
❑ Articles
➢ “Being a Liberal Christian in a Sea of Conservativism”
- David M. Schell
➢ “Church, Here’s Why People Are Leaving You, Part 2”
- John Pavlovitz
➢ “Institutional Betrayal and Betrayal Blindness”
- Jennifer J. Freyd, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
➢ “An Open Letter to Rev. Franklin Graham from a ‘Small Church’ Pastor”
- Peter Olson
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❑ Articles
➢ “My Response to Wayne Grudem’s Support of Donald Trump”
- Jory Micah
➢ “Calling Your Reps and Planting Onions: A Plan for Faithful Resistance”
- Rachel Held Evans
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❑ Book
➢ The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church - Gregory A. Boyd
Note: Click the book name to learn more. Domestic Abuse
❑ Articles
➢ “20 Diversion Tactics Highly Manipulative Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Psychopaths Use to Silence You”
- Shahida Arabi, Thought Catalog
➢ “A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce”
- Barry York, Gentle Reformation
➢ “Does the Bible Allow Divorce for Domestic Violence?”
- Crying Out for Justice
➢ “Five Ways Pastors Unconsciously Reinforce Abuse, and How to Do Better”
- CBE International
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❑ Articles
➢ “How to Be a Friend to Someone Facing Abuse”
- Alice Childers
➢ “How the Church is Supporting Domestic Abuse”
- Barry York, Gentle Reformation
➢ “The Myth of ‘It Takes Two to Ruin a Relationship’”
- Sharie Stines, PsyD
➢ “The #1 Secret on How to Engage with a Narcissist”
- Lindsey Ellison, Huffington Post
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Domestic Abuse
❑ Articles
➢ “Trauma Bonding”
- Michael Samsel, Abuse and Relationships
➢ “Who Burned the House Down?”
- Flying Free
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Domestic Abuse
❑ Websites
➢ Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services
➢ Domesticviolence.org
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Domestic Abuse
❑ Books
➢ The Verbally Abusive Relationship
- Patricia Evans
➢ Why Does He Do That?
- Lundy Bancroft
Note: Click the book name to learn more. Domestic Abuse
❑ Other resources
➢ Power and Control Wheel
- National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
➢ Equality Wheel
- National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
➢ Abuse of Children Wheel
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs: The Duluth Model
➢ Domestic Violence Cycle Wheel
- Shepherd’s Door
Note: Click the resource name to learn more. Sexual Abuse
❑ Articles
➢ “Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple with Misconduct in #ChurchToo”
- Tom Gjelten, NPR
➢ “Andy Savage’s Standing Ovation Was Heard Round the World. Because It Was Wrong.”
- Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today
➢ “Five Common Characteristics of Child Sexual Offenders: Eliminating the Edge”
- Boz Tchividjian, Religion News
➢ “In Church, Confessing to Sexual Sin Can Win You a Standing Ovation”
- Neil J. Young, Huffington Post
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Sexual Abuse
❑ Articles
➢ “My Larry Nasser Testimony Went Viral. But There’s More to the Gospel than Forgiveness.”
- Rachael Denhollander interview by Morgan Lee, Christianity Today
➢ “So You Protected a Pedophile: A PR Guide for Churches Under Fire”
- Dianna E. Anderson, Faith and Feminism
➢ “Sex Offenders, Faith Communities, and Four Common Exploitations”
- Boz Tchividjian, Religion News
➢ “Sexual Abuse Happens in #ChurchToo – We’re Living Proof”
- Hannah Paasch
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❑ Articles
➢ “Why Predators Are Attracted to Careers in the Clergy”
- Joe Navarro, Psychology Today
➢ “World Magazine on Andy Savage: ‘Each Christian Must Acknowledge, ‘I Am the Abused and the Abuser’’”
- Libby Anne, Love, Joy, Feminism
Note: Click the article name to learn more. Sexual Abuse
❑ Websites
➢ G.R.A.C.E.
- Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment
➢ Emerging From Broken: From Surviving to Thriving on the Journey to Wholeness.
- Darlene Ouimet
➢ RAINN
- National Sexual Assault Hotline
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❑ Article
➢ “After Christian Ghosting: The Difference Between Forgiveness and Reconciliation”
- Benjamin L. Corey
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❑ Websites
➢ Wheel of Awareness
- Dr. Dan Siegel
➢ Guided Breathing and Body Scan
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
➢ Dr. Marlene Winell
Note: Click the website name to learn more. Physical, Emotional, Spiritual Healing
❑ Books
➢ The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships
- Patrick Carnes Ph.D
➢ The Body Keeps the Score
- Bessell van der Kolk
➢ Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
- Henry Cloud and John Townsend
➢ Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
- Peter Scazzero
Note: Click the book name to learn more. Physical, Emotional, Spiritual Healing
❑ Books
➢ The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
- Brené Brown
➢ The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence
- Gavin de Becke
➢ Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse
- Shannon Thomas
➢ The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t
- Robert I. Sutton
Note: Click the book name to learn more. Memoirs
❑ Books
➢ Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome-One Woman’s Desperate, Funny, and Healing Journey to Explore 30 Religions by Her 30th Birthday
- Reba Riley
➢ The Polygamist’s Daughter: A Memoir
- Anna LeBaron
➢ The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir
- Ruth Wariner
➢ Educated: A Memoir
- Tara Westover
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❑ Books
➢ Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
- Leah Remini
➢ Crazy For God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived To Take All (Or Almost All of it Back)
- Frank Schaeffer
Note: Click the book name to learn more. TV Shows
❑ Videos
➢ Holy Hell
- Netflix
➢ Wild Wild Country
- Netflix
➢ One of Us
- Netflix
➢ The Keepers
- Netflix
➢ Children of God
- Netflix
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❑ Videos
➢ The Path
- Hulu
➢ Jesus Camp
- Amazon Prime
➢ Heaven’s Gate-The Untold Story
- Amazon Prime
➢ The Institute
- Amazon Prime
➢ I am Elizabeth Smart
- Amazon Prime
Note: Click the video name to learn more. TV Shows
❑ Videos
➢ Green Leaf - Netflix
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Please Read: Disclaimer
This is a wide variety of resources from a broad spectrum of people from different religious, political, and lifestyle perspectives.
This list of resources is a very limited and vastly incomplete collection of what is available on the topic of religious abuse. I hope to continue to grow my list of resources. Please feel free to contact me with 1 or 2 of your favorite resources – those that have been most helpful to you! Connie A Baker is not responsible for the content of these resources. The opinions and content of these resources do not necessarily represent the views of Connie.
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