Book

A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown

Julia Scheeres

Historical,Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Book

After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America

Sara Moslener

Sex/Purity Culture,Christian Nationalism

Podcast

All the Buried Women

Beth Allison Barr, Savannah Locke

Patriarchy,Sex/Purity Culture,Christian/Evangelical

Movie

Apostasy (2017)

Daniel Kokotajlo

Jehova's Witness,Deconstruction,Spiritual Abuse

Article

BITE Model of Authoritarian Control

Steven Hassan

Spiritual Abuse,Cults,Research

Book

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer

Memoir,Scientology,Cults

Book

Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms

Matthias Roberts

Self-Help,Sex/Purity Culture

Book

Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll's Evangelical Empire

Jessica Johnson

Sex/Purity Culture,Patriarchy,Christian/Evangelical

Book

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity

Peggy Orenstein

Non-Religious,Sex/Purity Culture

Book

Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

Mitch Weiss, Holbrook Mohr

Historical,Cults

Documentary

Children of God: Lost and Found (2007)

Noah Thomson

Cults,Christian/Evangelical,Children of God

Book

ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing

Emily Joy Allison

Sex/Purity Culture,Deconstruction

Book

Combating Cult Mind Control: The Guide to Protection, Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults

Steven Hassan

Self-Help,Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Book

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

Non-Religious,Sex/Purity Culture

Book

Cracking the Cult Code for Therapists: What Every Cult Victim Wants Their Therapist to Know

Bonnie Zeiman

Cults,Therapy Tools

Organization

Cult Recovery 101

Cult Recovery 101

Cults,Education,Research

Book

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism―Understanding the Social Science of Cult Influence

Amanda Montell

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Documentary

Cults and Extreme Belief (2018)

Elizabeth Vargas

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Video

Dear Mormon Man, Tell Me What You Do

Amy McPhie Allebest

LDS/Mormon,Patriarchy

Documentary

Deconstructing My Religion (2018)

Elizabeth Kineke

Deconstruction,Childhood Religious Trauma

Workshop

Deconstructing Patriarchy & Masculinity After High-Control Religion: A Workshop for Men

Julie Bloom, LPC-Associate

Patriarchy,Sex/Purity Culture,Support Groups

Website

Deconstruction Dictionary

Grisel Lopez-Escobar

Deconstruction,Education

Podcast

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Mike Cosper

Deconstruction,Satanic Panic

Book

Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion

Daryl Van Tongreren

Deconstruction,Religious Abuse,Religious Trauma

Podcast

EXJW Diaries

Justin

Jehova's Witness

Workbook

EXJW Recovery Workbook

Justin

Jehova's Witness,Therapy Tools,Recovery

Book

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover

Memoir,Childhood Religious Trauma

Book

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Steven Pinker

Deconstruction,Humanism

Documentary

Escaping Twin Flames (2023)

Cecilia Peck

Cults,Spiritual Abuse,Sexual Abuse

Podcast

For the Love with Jen Hatmaker

Jen Hatmaker

Spirituality,Deconstruction,Sex/Purity Culture

Organization

GRACE: Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment

GRACE

Abuse,Religious Abuse,Religious Leaders,Christian/Evangelical

Book

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Peggy Orenstein

Non-Religious,Sex/Purity Culture

Documentary

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)

Alex Gibney

Scientology,Deconstruction

Documentary

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults (2020)

Clay Tweel

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Documentary

Hellbound? (2012)

Kevin Miller

Christian/Evangelical,Hell,Religious Trauma

Podcast

Heretic Happy Hour

Keith Giles, Matthew Distefano

Deconstruction,Reclaiming Spirituality,Christian/Evangelical

Assessment

High Control Group Inventory

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Abuse,Cults,Therapy Tools

Documentary

Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (2022)

Discovery+

Christian/Evangelical,Clergy Abuse,Religious Abuse

Documentary

Holy Hell (2016)

William Francesco Allen

Cults,Hell,Religious Abuse

Book

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

Hillary McBride

Spiritual Abuse,Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse

Book

How the Bible Actually Works

Peter Enns

Deconstruction,Christian/Evangelical,Reclaiming Spirituality

Book

How to End Christian Nationalism

Amanda Tyler

Christian Nationalism,Christian/Evangelical,Religious Abuse

Documentary

I Survived "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" (2018)

Joshua Harris

Christian/Evangelical,Sex/Purity Culture,Patriarchy

Organization

International Cultic Studies Association

ICSA

Cults,Education,Research,Therapy Tools

Documentary

Jesus Camp

Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Childhood Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse

Book

Jesus Land: A Memoir

Julia Scheeres

Memoir,Racism,Deconstruction

Book

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Historical,Patriarchy,Christian/Evangelical

Documentary

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)

Rachel Dretzin, Grace McNally

Funamentalism,LDS/Mormon,Patriarchy

Documentary

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

Leah Remini

Scientology,Cults

Book

Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion

Marlene Winell

Religious Trauma,Spiritual Abuse

Book

Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life

Amber Scorah

Memoir,Jehova's Witness,Religious Abuse

Podcast

Life Unwasted: A Missionary Kid Podcast

Caleb & Kyumin

Children,Childhood Religious Trauma,Missionaries

Documentary

LulaRich (2021)

Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason

Cults,Non-Religious,Corporate

Podcast

Martyr, She Wrote

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Trauma,Childhood Religious Trauma,Therapy Tools

Documentary

Mormon No More (2022)

Keturah Gray

LDS/Mormon,LGBTQ+,Deconstruction

Book

My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

Amy Kenny

Disabilities,Religious Abuse

Documentary

My Scientology Movie (2015)

John Dower

Scientology

Book

Once You Go In: A Memoir of Radical Faith

Carly Gelsinger

Religious Trauma,Assemblies of God

Book

Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story

Julie Rogers

LGBTQ+,Memoir,Conversion Practices,Christian/Evangelical

Organization

Pathways to Healing Network

Pathways to Healing Network

2x2,Support Groups,Recovery

Organization

People Leave Cults

Ashlen Hilliard

Cults,Intervention,Spiritual Abuse,Support Groups

Documentary

Pray Away (2021)

Kristine Stolakis

LGBTQ+,Conversion Practices,Christian/Evangelical,Religious Abuse

Documentary

Prophet’s Prey (2015)

Amy J. Berg

Polygamy,Cults,Clergy Abuse,Sexual Abuse

Book

Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

Linda Kay Klein

Sex/Purity Culture,Religious Trauma,Christian/Evangelical,Patriarchy

Workshop

Purity Culture Recovery, High-Control Religion and Queerness

Julie Bloom, LPC-Associate

Sex/Purity Culture,LGBTQ+,Support Groups

Book

Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories

Tikva Frymer-Kensky

Deconstruction,Patriarchy,Reclaiming Spirituality

Organization

Reclamation Collective

Reclamation Collective

Therapists,Support Groups,Recovery

Book

Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church

Diane Langberg

Religious Abuse,Education,Clergy Abuse

Workshop

Releasing Financial Shame After High-Control Religion and Faith Deconstruction

Julie Bloom, LPC-Associate

Money,Support Groups

Article

Religious Abuse Power & Control Wheel

Anna Clark Miller, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

Therapy Tools,Religious Abuse,Spiritual Abuse

Article

Religious Deconstruction Definition

Anna Clark Miller

Deconstruction,Education

Assessment

Religious Trauma Inventory

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse,Therapy Tools,Assessment

Article

Religious Trauma Syndrome

Marlene Winell

Religious Trauma,Therapy Tools

Organization

Secular Therapy Project

Secular Therapy Project

Support Groups,Therapists,Non-Religious

Book

Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Sex/Purity Culture,Shame,Self-Help

Documentary

Shiny Happy People (2023)

Olivia Crist, Julia Willoughby Nason

Christian/Evangelical,Religious Abuse,Funamentalism

Book

Something's Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse--and Freeing Yourself from Its Power

Wade Mullen

Education,Abuse,Self-Help

Documentary

Sons of Perdition: The Story of Polygamy's Exiled Youth (2010)

Tyler Measom, Jennilyn Merten

Cults,Childhood Religious Trauma,Polygamy

Assessment

Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ)

Kathryn Keller

Therapy Tools,Spiritual Abuse,Assessment

Article

Spiritual Bypassing Overview

Anna Clark Miller

Spiritual Bypassing,Theology,Deconstruction

Assessment

Spiritual Harm & Abuse Scale Clinical Screener (SHAS)

Dan Koch

Therapy Tools,Spiritual Abuse,Assessment

Book

Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding A True Faith

April Ajoy

Deconstruction,Reclaiming Spirituality,Christian Nationalism

Documentary

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (2023)

Andrew Helms

Cults,Abuse,Non-Religious

Podcast

Strongwilled

DL Mayfield, Krispin Mayfield

Parenting,Childhood Religious Trauma,Patriarchy,Christian/Evangelical

Podcast

Talk Purity To Me

Blair Rabun

Sex/Purity Culture,Christian/Evangelical

Book

Ten Lies The Church Tells Women: How the Bible Has Been Misused to Keep Women in Spiritual Bondage

J Lee Grady

Religious Abuse,Patriarchy,Sex/Purity Culture

Book

Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems

Alexandra Stein

Cults,Education

Book

The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It

Peter Enns

Deconstruction,Reclaiming Spirituality,Christian/Evangelical

Organization

The Clergy Project: Current & Former Religious Professionals Without Supernatural Beliefs

Clergy Project

Religious Leaders,Deconstruction,Non-Religious,Support Groups

Book

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

Sue Monk Kidd

Memoir,Deconstruction,Patriarchy

Podcast

The Deconstructionists Podcast

Adam Narloch, John Williamson

Deconstruction,Christian/Evangelical,Reclaiming Spirituality

Documentary

The Deep End: Teal Swan (2022)

Jon Kasbe

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Book

The Diabolical Trinity: Healing Religious Trauma from a Wrathful God, Tormenting Hell, and a Sinful Self

Mark Gregory Karris

Religious Abuse,Hell,Deconstruction,Christian/Evangelical

Book

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

Frances FitzGerald

Christian Nationalism,Christian/Evangelical,Historical

Podcast

The FoMo Podcast

Melissa Hannan, Rae Gross

Religious Trauma,LDS/Mormon,Sex/Purity Culture

Podcast

The Gateway: Teal Swan

Jennings Brown

Cults,Spirituality

Book

The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended

Sheila Wray Gregoire & Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach

Sex/Purity Culture

Documentary

The Keepers (2017)

Ryan White

Catholic,Clergy Abuse

Book

The Kingdom of Children

RL Stoller

Parenting,Children,Childhood Religious Trauma,Theology

Podcast

The Liturgists Podcast

Michael Gungor, Mike McHargue

Deconstruction,Reclaiming Spirituality,Christian/Evangelical

Book

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

Beth Allison Barr

Patriarchy,Religious Abuse,Sex/Purity Culture

Podcast

The Modesty Files

Taft Media

Sex/Purity Culture,Deconstruction,Patriarchy

Book

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction,Missionaries,Religious Abuse

Book

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Katherine Stewart

Christian Nationalism,Religious Abuse,Christian/Evangelical

Book

The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women

Jessica Valenti

Sex/Purity Culture,Religious Trauma,Patriarchy

Organization

The Religious Trauma Dietitian

Lisa van Leeuwen, RDN, LDN

Food/Diet,Religious Trauma,Recovery

Organization

The Religious Trauma Institute

Religious Trauma Institute

Religious Trauma,Research,Education

Podcast

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill

Mike Cosper

Religious Abuse,Christian/Evangelical,Patriarchy

Book

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse

David Johnson, Jeff VanVonderen

Religious Abuse,Spiritual Abuse

Book

The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology Tried to Destroy Paulette Cooper

Tony Ortega

Scientology,Historical

Book

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

Richard Rohr

Deconstruction,Reclaiming Spirituality

Book

The Varieties Of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature

William James

Spirituality,Humanism,Historical

Documentary

The Vow (2020)

Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer

Cults,Sexual Abuse

Documentary

The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin (2021)

Ann Finnegan, Gina Scarlata

Cults,Corporate

Organization

The Welcome Table: Catholic LGBTQ Community

The Welcome Table

LGBTQ+,Support Groups,Catholic

Book

The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice

Rebecca Musser

LDS/Mormon,Historical,Polygamy

Article

Tips For Finding a Therapist

Empathy Paradigm

Therapists,Recovery

Book

Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices

Jayne McConnaughey

Religious Leaders,Religious Trauma

Book

Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors

Connie Baker

Religious Trauma,Spiritual Abuse

Podcast

Uncertain: A Tears of Eden Podcast

Katherine Spearing

Spiritual Abuse,Deconstruction

Book

Uncultured: A Memoir

Daniella Mestyanek Young

Memoir,Cults,Sexual Abuse

Book

Untamed

Glennon Doyle

Memoir,Deconstruction,Patriarchy

Therapy Tool

Values Inventory

Anna Clark Miller

Therapy Tools,Assessment,Deconstruction

Book

Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence

Sara Moslener

Sex/Purity Culture,Childhood Religious Trauma

Book

When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse

Chuck DeGroat

Religious Abuse,Clergy Abuse

Documentary

Wild Wild Country (2018)

Chapman Way, Maclain Way

Cults,Spirituality

Book

You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity

Jamie Lee Finch

Memoir,Sex/Purity Culture,Christian/Evangelical,Deconstruction