Toxic faith: experiencing healing from painful spiritual abuse

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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 Faith distinguishes 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 Faith shows 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." From the Trade Paperback edition. 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.