Religious Trauma Syndrome

March 27, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Calulu Several days ago a link to an article written by Valerie Tarico at Alternet.org arrived on my Facebook page. The piece was about a newly named syndrome – RTS – Religious Trauma Syndrome and

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Spiritual Abuse Awareness Week: My Contribution

March 22, 2013 By 8 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser This coming week Wine and Marble, Joy in this Journey and Shaney Irene will be hosting a Spiritual Abuse Awareness synchroblog.  Many bloggers will be posting one blog a day for several days, describing their own experiences

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Personal Values and Quiverfull Social Guilt

March 20, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Becoming Worldly So I’ve been thinking a lot about guilt and shame lately. I think they are important components used to control people’s actions, particularly in the kind of movement I grew up in. I’m sure lots of people have more

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Standing Up to Spiritual Abusers via Social Media Today #WhoWouldJesusSue

February 21, 2013 By 4 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison Survivors of spiritual abuse are making a push today to call attention to the outrageous tactics employed by pastors and other religious leaders to silence their victims – specifically, we’re calling attention to Calvary Chapel pastor Bob Grenier’s lawsuit against his adult stepson, Alex Grenier who came forward to report that he was physically abused [...]

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We are not the enemies of our best selves

February 15, 2013 By 7 Comments
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by Sierra I’ve spent the past few years very plugged in to social justice media. When I get my news, for good or ill, it’s about the progress or regress of the social issues I care about. The rest of the time, I don’t pay attention. Issues that don’t elicit an intellectual or emotional response [...]

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