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- Chapter 1: A View From Within
- Chapter 2: Fringe and Fanaticism – Abusive Churches Can Go Over The Edge
- Chapter 3: Abusive Churches Are Not New
- Chapter 4: Abusive Churches Misuse Spiritual Authority
- Chapter 5: Abusive Churches Use Fear, Guilt, and Threats
- Chapter 6: Abusive Churches See Themselves As Special
- Chapter 7: Abusive Churches Foster Rigidity
- Chapter 8: Abusive Churches Discourage Questions
- Chapter 9: Abusive churches make leaving painful
- Chapter 10: Abusive Churches Present A Warning
- Chapter 11: Abusive Churches Will Always Exist
- Churches That Abuse: Introduction
- Notice & Disclaimer
- Contents / Audio Version
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- Preface & Acknowledgements
Churches That Abuse
Copyright © 1992 by Ronald M. Enroth
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Zondervan Publishing House
Academic and Professional Books
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Enroth, Ronald M.
Churches that abuse / Ronald Enroth.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-310-53290-6
1. Control (Psychology)-Religious aspects-Christianity-Case studies. 2. Authoritarianism-Case studies. I. Title.
BV4597.53.C62E57 1992
262′.8-dc20
91-36097 CIP
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