Abusing Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Abusing Religion write by Megan Goodwin. This book was released on 2020-07-17. Abusing Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge—much less address—the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations of sexual misconduct? Why does the American public presume to know “what’s really going on” in minority religious communities? Why are sex abuse allegations such an effective way to discredit people on America’s religious margins? What makes Americans so willing, so eager to identify religion as the cause of sex abuse? Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one.
Religious Abuse
Religious Abuse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Abuse write by Keith Wright. This book was released on 2001. Religious Abuse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As a pastor with 40 years of experience, Keith Wright came to realise that a dichotomy exists within the walls of many churches. While many churchgoers find the environment wonderfully embracing and supportive, the fact is that religion can offer both a positive and a negative experience. Religious abuse affects millions of church members and church leaders in every denomination. It can be blatant, but it can also be extremely subtle and unintentional. Keith Wright believes that only when we recognise and acknowledge the problem can we work toward positive change that allows us to truly benefit from the good. Individuals, church leaders, Christian educators, sociologists, psychologists and other counsellors who have experienced or witnessed the results of religious abuse will find the personal stories in this book revealing and enlightening.
Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse
Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse write by Mikele Rauch. This book was released on 2009-03-20. Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recent scandals of clergy sexual abuse have brought attention to the victims and their responses to and recovery from their abuse. But few have considered the effect of the abuse on a victim's soul and religious outlook and beliefs. Healing the Soul after Religious Abuse, offers a unique perspective of recovery and restoration of the soul after religious abuse. The author argues that religious abuse often stops not only psychological growth, but also inward development. The effect is not simply emotional, because the devastation reaches to the core of the spirit. Often there is no place for a God of love or a love of what once was divine. Through a series of personal interviews with persons from the five major religions, Rauch considers various ways that religion can do harm. The stories told in this book include the road to restoration in the wake of institutional abuse and how inner experience is sometimes confused with religious training; the sacred task of spiritual leadership and how to restore trust when there has been a violation; an exploration of sacrifice and a clarification of the notion of shame; a look at the impact of religious bigotry in the areas of race, sexuality, and tolerance; an overview of sexuality and the place it holds in both celibate and family life; the pernicious issue of clergy sexual abuse and the signs of spiritual trauma in response to such violation; a roadmap for restoration and a challenge to religious institutions; and, lastly, ways to reclaim the sacred and rewire the spirit. Through interviews, research, and personal stories, the author tells a story of recovery of the most delicate kind, offering pathways through the dark night of religious violation to a restoration of the soul and its immense possibilities.
Abuse and Religion
Abuse and Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Abuse and Religion write by Anne L. Horton. This book was released on 1988. Abuse and Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No descriptive material is available for thid title.
Facing the Abusing God
Facing the Abusing God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Facing the Abusing God write by David R. Blumenthal. This book was released on 1993-01-01. Facing the Abusing God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looking at the experience of Holocaust survivors and of survivors of child abuse, this work asks disturbing questions why God permits victimization of the innocent.
