Recommended Resources for People Recovering from Spiritual Abuse:

(Re-used and modified from Steve’s Top 16 Recommended Resources for People Recovering from Spiritual Abuse.)

  1. Broken Trust: A practical guide to identify and recover from toxic faith, toxic church, and spiritual abuse by F. Remy Diederich (this title available from Amazon Sept. 18, 2017)
  2. Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse by Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton
  3. The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen
  4. Twisted Scriptures by Mary Chrnalogar
  5. The Heresy of Mind Control by Stephen Martin
  6. Churches that Abuse: Help for Those Hurt by Legalism and Authoritarian Leadership by Ronald Enroth
  7. Coping with Cult Involvement by Livia Bardin
  8. Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of Wholenessby Barb Orlowski, D.Min.
  9. To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future by Dan Allender
  10. Leading with a Limp by Dan Allender
  11. “Spiritual Authority” by Hal Miller (an article @ http://www.home-church.org/scc/authority.html )
  12. The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D.
  13. Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
  14. Families Where Grace is in Place by Jeff VanVonderen
  15. Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve by Lewis B. Smedes
  16. When God’s People Let You Downby Jeff VanVonderen