If you’ve spent a month or more within evangelicalism you will know that Christian “self help” is a massive industry, and there is a lot of money to be made in guiding people from Point A to Point B. Whether it’s the “Five Stones to Slay Your Life’s Goliaths” or some secret formula for spiritual […]
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Religious Trauma: Its Nature and Symptoms
Various definitions have been suggested for the concept of religious trauma; I’ll offer my own: Religious trauma involves the lingering ill-effects of any type of spiritual abuse, whether physical or emotional. This may sound too broad, but that’s exactly the challenge that faces the sufferers of religious trauma, namely, that the abuse can be subtle […]