"Given the link between our
beliefs and our state of health,
I am certain that Healing Eve
can save lives".

Christiane Northrup, MD

Also by Dr. Smull:

" This excellent book is about
women who defied cultural
stereotypes about aging to
attain full physical, psychological and spiritual potential. Their
stories empower all readers,
regardless of age or gender ".

Stanley Krippner, Ph. D.

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)

Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion by Marlene Winell (New Harbinger, 1994)

Righteous Religion: Unmaking the Illusions of Fundamentalism and Authoritarian Catholicism by Kathleen Ritter and Craig O’Neill (Haworth Publishing Company, 1996)

The Recovering Catholic: Personal Journeys of Women Who Left the Church by Joanne H. Meehl (Prometheus Books, 1994)

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)

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine by Sue Monk Kidd (Harper San Francisco, 1996)

Beyond Religion: A Personal Program for Building A Spiritual Life Outside the Walls of Traditional Religion by David N. Elkins (Quest Books, 1998)

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 Pagels (Vintage Books, 1988)

Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture by John Shelby Spong (Harper San Francisco, 1991)