TY - BOOK AU - Langberg,Diane TI - When the Church Harms God's People: Becoming Faith Communities that Resist Abuse, Pursue Truth, and Care for the Wounded SN - 9781587436451 AV - BV 4596.P87 L35 2024 U1 - 261.8/322 23/eng/20240705 PY - 2024/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Brazos Press KW - Psychological abuse KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Psychic trauma KW - Psychology, Religious N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155); 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 N2 - "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 ER -