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

Book

Julia Scheeres

Historical,Cults,Spiritual Abuse

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

Book

Sara Moslener

Sex/Purity Culture,Christian Nationalism

All the Buried Women

Podcast

Beth Allison Barr, Savannah Locke

Patriarchy,Sex/Purity Culture,Evangelical

BITE Model of Authoritarian Control

Article

Steven Hassan

Spiritual Abuse,Cults,Research

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

Book

Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer

Memoir,Scientology,Cults

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

Book

Matthias Roberts

Self-Help,Sex/Purity Culture

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

Book

Jessica Johnson

Sex/Purity Culture,Patriarchy,Evangelical

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

Book

Peggy Orenstein

Non-Religious,Sex/Purity Culture

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

Book

Mitch Weiss, Holbrook Mohr

Historical,Cults

Children of God: Lost and Found (2007)

Documentary

Noah Thomson

Cults,Evangelical,Children of God

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

Book

Emily Joy Allison

Sex/Purity Culture,Deconstruction

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

Book

Steven Hassan

Self-Help,Cults,Spiritual Abuse

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

Book

Emily Nagoski

Non-Religious,Sex/Purity Culture

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

Book

Bonnie Zeiman

Cults,Therapy Tools

Cult Recovery 101

Website

Cult Recovery 101

Cults,Education,Research

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

Book

Amanda Montell

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Cults and Extreme Belief (2018)

Documentary

Elizabeth Vargas

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Deconstructing My Religion (2018)

Documentary

Elizabeth Kineke

Deconstruction,Childhood Religious Trauma

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

Workshop

Julie Bloom, LPC-Associate

Patriarchy,Sex/Purity Culture,Support Groups

Deconstruction Dictionary

Website

Grisel Lopez-Escobar

Deconstruction,Education

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Podcast

Mike Cosper

Deconstruction,Documentary,Satanic Panic

Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion

Book

Daryl Van Tongreren

Deconstruction,Religious Abuse,Religious Trauma

EXJW Diaries

Podcast

Justin

Jehova's Witness

EXJW Recovery Workbook

Workbook

Justin

Jehova's Witness,Therapy Tools

Educated: A Memoir

Book

Tara Westover

Memoir,Childhood Religious Trauma

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

Book

Steven Pinker

Deconstruction,Humanism

Escaping Twin Flames (2023)

Documentary

Cecilia Peck

Cults,Spiritual Abuse,Sexual Abuse

For the Love with Jen Hatmaker

Podcast

Jen Hatmaker

Spirituality,Deconstruction,Sex/Purity Culture

GRACE: Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment

Organization

GRACE

Abuse,Religious Abuse,Religious Leaders,Christian

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Book

Peggy Orenstein

Non-Religious,Sex/Purity Culture

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

Documentary

Alex Gibney

Scientology,Deconstruction

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

Documentary

Clay Tweel

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Hellbound? (2012)

Documentary

Kevin Miller

Evangelical,Hell,Religious Trauma

Heretic Happy Hour

Podcast

Keith Giles, Matthew Distefano

Deconstruction,Reconstruction,Evangelical

High Control Group Inventory

Assessment

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Abuse,Cults,Therapy Tools

Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (2022)

Documentary

Discovery+

Evangelical,Clergy Abuse,Religious Abuse

Holy Hell (2016)

Documentary

William Francesco Allen

Cults,Hell,Religious Abuse

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

Book

Hillary McBride

Spiritual Abuse,Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse

How the Bible Actually Works

Book

Peter Enns

Deconstruction,Christian,Reconstruction

How to End Christian Nationalism

Book

Amanda Tyler

Christian Nationalism,Evangelical,Religious Abuse

I Survived "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" (2018)

Documentary

Joshua Harris

Evangelical,Sex/Purity Culture,Patriarchy

International Cultic Studies Association

Organization

ICSA

Cults,Education,Research,Therapy Tools

Jesus Camp

Documentary

Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Childhood Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse

Jesus Land: A Memoir

Book

Julia Scheeres

Memoir,Racism,Deconstruction

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

Book

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Historical,Patriarchy,Evangelical

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

Documentary

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)

Documentary

Rachel Dretzin, Grace McNally

Funamentalism,LDS/Mormon,Patriarchy

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

Documentary

Leah Remini

Scientology,Cults

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

Book

Marlene Winell

Religious Trauma,Spiritual Abuse

Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life

Book

Amber Scorah

Memoir,Jehova's Witness,Religious Abuse

Life Unwasted: A Missionary Kid Podcast

Podcast

Caleb & Kyumin

Children,Childhood Religious Trauma,Missionaries

LulaRich (2021)

Documentary

Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason

Cults,Non-Religious,Corporate

Martyr, She Wrote

Podcast

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Trauma,Childhood Religious Trauma,Therapy Tools

Mormon No More (2022)

Documentary

Keturah Gray

LDS/Mormon,LGBTQ+,Deconstruction

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

Book

Amy Kenny

Disabilities,Religious Abuse

My Scientology Movie (2015)

Documentary

John Dower

Scientology

Once You Go In: A Memoir of Radical Faith

Book

Carly Gelsinger

Religious Trauma,Assemblies of God

Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story

Book

Julie Rogers

LGBTQ+,Memoir,Conversion Practices,Evangelical

People Leave Cults

Organization

Ashlen Hilliard

Cults,Intervention,Spiritual Abuse,Support Groups

Pray Away (2021)

Documentary

Kristine Stolakis

LGBTQ+,Conversion Practices,Evangelical,Religious Abuse

Prophet’s Prey (2015)

Documentary

Amy J. Berg

Polygamy,Cults,Clergy Abuse,Sexual Abuse

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

Book

Linda Kay Klein

Sex/Purity Culture,Religious Trauma,Evangelical,Patriarchy

Purity Culture Recovery, High-Control Religion and Queerness

Workshop

Julie Bloom, LPC-Associate

Sex/Purity Culture,LGBTQ+,Support Groups

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

Book

Tikva Frymer-Kensky

Deconstruction,Patriarchy,Reconstruction

Reclamation Collective

Organization

Reclamation Collective

Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse,Therapists,Support Groups

Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church

Book

Diane Langberg

Religious Abuse,Education,Clergy Abuse

Releasing Financial Shame After High-Control Religion and Faith Deconstruction

Workshop

Julie Bloom, LPC-Associate

Money,Support Groups

Religious Abuse Power & Control Wheel

Article

Anna Clark Miller, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

Therapy Tools,Religious Abuse,Spiritual Abuse

Religious Deconstruction Definition

Article

Anna Clark Miller

Deconstruction,Education

Religious Trauma Inventory

Assessment

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Trauma,Religious Abuse,Therapy Tools,Assessment

Religious Trauma Survival Guide

Workbook

Anna Clark Miller

Religious Trauma,Education,Childhood Religious Trauma

Religious Trauma Syndrome

Article

Marlene Winell

Religious Trauma,Therapy Tools

Secular Therapy Project

Organization

Secular Therapy Project

Support Groups,Therapists,Non-Religious

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

Book

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Sex/Purity Culture,Shame,Self-Help

Shiny Happy People (2023)

Documentary

Olivia Crist, Julia Willoughby Nason

Evangelical,Religious Abuse,Funamentalism

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

Book

Wade Mullen

Education,Abuse,Self-Help

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

Documentary

Tyler Measom, Jennilyn Merten

Cults,Childhood Religious Trauma,Polygamy

Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ)

Assessment

Kathryn Keller

Therapy Tools,Spiritual Abuse,Assessment

Spiritual Bypassing Overview

Article

Anna Clark Miller

Spiritual Bypassing,Theology,Deconstruction

Spiritual Harm & Abuse Scale Clinical Screener (SHAS)

Assessment

Dan Koch

Therapy Tools,Spiritual Abuse,Assessment

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

Book

April Ajoy

Deconstruction,Reconstruction,Christian Nationalism

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

Documentary

Andrew Helms

Cults,Abuse,Non-Religious

Strongwilled

Podcast

DL Mayfield, Krispin Mayfield

Parenting,Childhood Religious Trauma,Patriarchy,Evangelical

Talk Purity To Me

Podcast

Blair Rabun

Sex/Purity Culture,Evangelical

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

Book

J Lee Grady

Religious Abuse,Patriarchy,Sex/Purity Culture

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

Book

Alexandra Stein

Cults,Education

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

Book

Peter Enns

Deconstruction,Reconstruction,Evangelical

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

Organization

Clergy Project

Religious Leaders,Deconstruction,Non-Religious,Support Groups

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

Book

Sue Monk Kidd

Memoir,Deconstruction,Patriarchy

The Deconstructionists Podcast

Podcast

Adam Narloch, John Williamson

Deconstruction,Evangelical,Reconstruction

The Deep End: Teal Swan (2022)

Documentary

Jon Kasbe

Cults,Spiritual Abuse

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

Book

Mark Gregory Karris

Religious Abuse,Hell,Deconstruction,Evangelical

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

Book

Frances FitzGerald

Christian Nationalism,Evangelical,Historical

The FoMo Podcast

Podcast

Melissa Hannan, Rae Gross

Religious Trauma,LDS/Mormon,Sex/Purity Culture

The Gateway: Teal Swan

Podcast

Jennings Brown

Documentary,Cults,Spirituality

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

Book

Sheila Wray Gregoire & Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach

Sex/Purity Culture

The Keepers (2017)

Documentary

Ryan White

Catholocism,Clergy Abuse

The Kingdom of Children

Book

RL Stoller

Parenting,Children,Childhood Religious Trauma,Theology

The Liturgists Podcast

Podcast

Michael Gungor, Mike McHargue

Deconstruction,Reconstruction,Evangelical

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

Book

Beth Allison Barr

Patriarchy,Religious Abuse,Sex/Purity Culture

The Modesty Files

Podcast

Taft Media

Sex/Purity Culture,Deconstruction,Patriarchy

The Poisonwood Bible

Book

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction,Missionaries,Religious Abuse

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Book

Katherine Stewart

Christian Nationalism,Religious Abuse,Evangelical

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

Book

Jessica Valenti

Sex/Purity Culture,Religious Trauma,Patriarchy

The Religious Trauma Institute

Organization

Religious Trauma Institute

Religious Trauma,Research,Education

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill

Podcast

Mike Cosper

Documentary,Religious Abuse,Evangelical,Patriarchy

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse

Book

David Johnson, Jeff VanVonderen

Religious Abuse,Spiritual Abuse

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

Book

Tony Ortega

Scientology,Historical

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

Book

Richard Rohr

Deconstruction,Reconstruction

The Varieties Of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature

Book

William James

Spirituality,Humanism,Historical

The Vow (2020)

Documentary

Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer

Cults,Sexual Abuse

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

Documentary

Ann Finnegan, Gina Scarlata

Cults,Corporate

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

Book

Rebecca Musser

LDS/Mormon,Historical,Polygamy

This American Life: Chip in my Brain (Episode 635)

Podcast

David Kestenbaum

Spiritual Abuse,Non-Religious

Tips For Finding a Therapist

Article

Empathy Paradigm

Therapists

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

Book

Jayne McConnaughey

Religious Leaders,Religious Trauma

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

Book

Connie Baker

Religious Trauma,Spiritual Abuse

Uncertain: A Tears of Eden Podcast

Podcast

Katherine Spearing

Spiritual Abuse,Deconstruction

Uncultured: A Memoir

Book

Daniella Mestyanek Young

Memoir,Cults,Sexual Abuse

Untamed

Book

Glennon Doyle

Memoir,Deconstruction,Patriarchy

Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence

Book

Sara Moslener

Sex/Purity Culture,Childhood Religious Trauma

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

Book

Chuck DeGroat

Religious Abuse,Clergy Abuse

Wild Wild Country (2018)

Documentary

Chapman Way, Maclain Way

Cults,Spirituality

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

Book

Jamie Lee Finch

Memoir,Sex/Purity Culture,Evangelical,Deconstruction