Becoming Faith Communities that Resist Abuse, Pursue Truth, and Care for the Wounded Langberg, Diane creator author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, Michigan Brazos Press c2024 2024 monographic eng

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xvii, 155 pages 21 cm "A respected trauma scholar and counselor diagnoses how Christian communities too often mimic worldly institutions and end up harming people, before calling the church to love and serve those in their care"-- Provided by publisher. Encountering sickness in the Body of Christ -- What the Church is called to be -- Wolves, sheep, and shepherding -- Examining culture in the light of Christ -- Self-deception - Systemic deception -- Systemic abuse within Christendom -- Repentance and forgiveness -- A message to victims -- A message to shepherds -- A more excellent way. Diane Langberg. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) Psychological abuse Religious aspects Christianity Psychic trauma Religious aspects Christianity Psychology, Religious BV 4596.P87 L35 2024 261.8/322 9781587436451 2024013559 DLC 240702 20260713123840.0 23761140 eng