What Is Religious Trauma?
The physical, emotional, or psychological response to religious beliefs, practices, or structures that is experienced by an individual as overwhelming or disruptive and has lasting adverse effects on a person's physical, mental, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.
Religious Trauma Institute
Resources on
Religious Trauma
Resources on
Religious Trauma
Books
When Religion Hurts You - Healing from the Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
by Laura E. Anderson, PhD
Religious Trauma Survival Guide - Education + Recovery Tools for Survivors and Professionals
by Anna Clark Miller
Sacred Wounds - A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma
by Teresa B. Pasquale
Healing Spiritual Wounds - Reconnecting with a Loving God after Experiencing a Hurtful Church
by Carol Howard Merritt
Diabolical Trinity - Healing Religious Trauma From a Wrathful God, Tormenting Hell, and a Sinful Self
by Mark Gregory Karris