Just thought I'd post up a list I found of some useful resources on our favourite subject, some of which we probably all know about, but just in case there is anyone new to the forum.

Here they are:

Ron & Vicki Burks, Damaged Disciples. Casualties of Authoritarian Churches and the Shepherding Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0310576113. pp.176.

Ronald Enroth, Churches That Abuse. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 0310532906. pp.231.

Roland Howard, The Rise and Fall of the Nine O'Clock Service. A Cult Within the Church? London: Mowbray, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0264674197. pp.159.

David Johnson & Jeff VanVonderen, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse. Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 1556611609. pp.235.

W. Phillip Keller, Predators In Our Pulpits. Is The Greatest Threat to the Church Today Not From Without But From Our Own Leadership Within? Newton Abbot: Nova Publishing Ltd., 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0906330173. pp.140.

W.A. (Adrian) Van Leen, The Problem of Extreme Christian Fringe Groups. Singapore: SkS Marketing Pte., Ltd., 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 981001189X. pp.113.

Lawrence Osborn & Andrew Walker, editors. Harmful Religion. An Exploration of Religious Abuse. London: SPCK, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 028104936X. pp.215.

James Newton Poling, The Abuse of Power. A Theological Problem, 1991. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0687006848. pp.224.

Stephen Parsons, Ungodly Fear. Fundamentalist Christianity and the Abuse of Power. Oxford: Lion Publishing plc., 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0745942881. pp.320.

Anson Shupe, editor. Wolves Within the Fold. Religious Leadership and Abuses of Power. New Brunswick & London: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0813524903. pp.245.

Warren W. Wiersbe, The Integrity Crisis. A blemished church struggles with accountability, morality, and lifestyles of its leaders and laity, revised. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0840795831. pp.160.

Stephen Wookey, When a Church Becomes A Cult. The Marks of a New Religious Movement. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0340656220. pp.168.


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