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Churches that abuse. When Ronald Enroth wrote the best selling book Churches That Abuse, he touched a nerve with many people who had experienced the pain inflicted by fringe churches and religious groups having authoritarian or other hurtful styles. In this book Enroth points the way toward spiritual and emotional healing for those who have come out of these groups. This book will help the victims of spiritual abuse and their families cope with reentry into the Christian mainstream, and it will prove invaluable to counselors and pastors who are helping these people to find their way. Specific topics, presented through the narrative style of the book, include dispelling emotional confusion, restoring relationships, regaining independence and making other life adjustments, coping with disorientation, returning to reality, and renewing a wholesome personal relationship with God. What people say about Churches that abuse: One of the top ten books of 1992 Christianity Today Poll. Enroth has done a tremendous service to the Christian and secular communities - will serve as a classic . Christian Research Journal. By equipping readers with the very discernment skills for which Enroth pleads, Churches That Abuse may help break the spell of abusive ministers and churches Christianity Today. Pastors need to read this timely book . Advance, Assemblies of God. Ronald Enroth is a leading scholar on cults and cultism respected by both secular and religious media. He is professor of Sociology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. Among his other books are: The Lure of The Cults and New Religions and Youth, Brainwashing and The Extremist Cults.
