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Resources
BOOKS
Surprisingly, there are no books currently in publication that address the specific needs of women freeing themselves from religious fundamentalism. Healing Eve will fill this need. However, the following books and resources provide valuable insight and perspective:
Leaving the Fold: Testimonies of Former Fundamentalists by Edward Babinski
(Prometheus, 1995) This book offers help for those who leave fundamentalism and are frustrated, anguished and confused. The book offers testimonies of 30 fundamentalists of which a small percentage are women, and contains an annotated bibliography for those interested in tracking down further testimonies.
Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion by Marlene Winell (New Harbinger, 1994) This book discusses the workings of Christian fundamentalism and the fear, anger, grief and anxiety experienced by those who leave it. It outlines what therapists can do to help victims reclaim a healthier spirit.
Righteous Religion: Unmaking the Illusions of Fundamentalism and Authoritarian Catholicism by Kathleen Ritter and Craig O’Neill (Haworth Publishing Company, 1996) This book addresses people disillusioned with Catholicism.
The Recovering Catholic: Personal Journeys of Women Who Left the Church by Joanne H. Meehl (Prometheus Books, 1994) This book addresses women who have become disillusioned with Catholicism.
Women, Gender, Religion: A Reader by Elizabeth A. Castelli (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2001)
The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler (Harper San Francisco, 1988)
When God Becomes A Drug: Breaking the Chains of Religious Addiction & Abuse by Leo Booth (J.P. Tarcher, 1991)
Spare the Child: The Religious Roots of Punishment and the Psychological Impact of Physical Abuse by Phillip J. Greven (Vintage Books, 1992)
When God Was A Women by Merlin Stone (Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, 1976)
Adam, Eve and the Serpent by Elaine Pagals (Vintage Books, 1988)
Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture by John Shelby Spong (Harper San Francisco, 1991)
For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence by Alice Miller (Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1983)
Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child by Alice Miller (Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1984)
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