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Toxic Faith Experiencing Healing Over Painful Spiritual Abuse

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  • ISBN13:

    9780877888253

  • ISBN10:

    0877888256

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-20
  • Publisher: Shaw Books

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Summary

Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse When religion becomes a means to avoid or control life, it becomes toxic. Those who possess a toxic faith have stepped across the line from a balanced perspective of God to an unbalanced faith in a weak, powerless or uncaring God. They seek a God to fix every mess, prevent every hurt, and mend every conflict. Toxic Faithdistinguishes between a healthy faith and a misguided religiosity that traps believers in an addictive practice of religion. It shows how unbalanced ministries, misguided churches, and unscrupulous leaders can lead their followers away from God and into a desolate experience of religion that drives many to despair.Toxic Faithshows readers how to find hope for a return to genuine, healthy faith that can add meaning to life. In the words of the author, "I want to help you throw out that toxic faith and bring you back to the real thing."

Author Biography

<b>Stephen Arterburn</b> is the founder and chairman of New Life Clinics, which provide Christian counseling and treatment throughout the United States. He is the host of the daily "New Life Live!" national radio program and the creator of the Women of Faith conferences. Jack Felton is a licensed therapist and an ordained minister at New Hope Christian Counseling Center and is president and founder of Compassion Move Ministries.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1(8)
The Extremes of Toxic Faith
9(10)
What are Toxic Faith and Religious Addiction?
19(14)
Twenty-One Beliefs of a Toxic Faith
33(46)
When Religion Becomes an Addiction
79(24)
Religious Addiction: The Progression
103(30)
Ten Characteristics of a Toxic-Faith System
133(28)
The Five Roles in a Toxic-Faith System
161(46)
Ten Rules of a Toxic-Faith System
207(18)
Treatment and Recovery
225(22)
Seventeen Characteristics of Healthy Faith
247(16)
Appendix A: Do You Have Toxic Faith? 263(2)
Appendix B: Twelve Steps to Overcoming Toxic Faith 265(2)
Notes 267

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