Toxic faith : experiencing healing from painful spiritual abuse /

Arterburn, Stephen, 1953-

Toxic faith : experiencing healing from painful spiritual abuse / Stephen Arterburn & Jack Felton. - 1st Shaw ed. - Colorado Springs, Colo. : Shaw, 2001. - xv, 268 p. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: Nashville : Oliver-Nelson, c1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268).

Extremes of toxic faith -- What are toxic faith and religious addiction? -- Twenty-one beliefs of a toxic faith -- When religion becomes an addiction -- Religious addiction : the progression -- Ten characteristics of a toxic-faith system -- Five roles in a toxic-faith system -- Ten rules of a toxic-faith system -- Treatment and recovery -- Seventeen characteristics of healthy faith.

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Religious addiction--Christianity.
Christian life.

BR 114 / .A77 2001