Non-commercial www.paulprescott.comThis excerpt is from a new e-book I'm writing on the idea of spiritual abuse -- specifically how spiritual abuse can kill the very life of our hearts.
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The particular kind of abuse I'm talking about is reflected in the following description of abuse. It comes from The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, by Johnson and VanVonderan:
"Spiritual abuse is the mistreatment of a person who is in need of help, support or greater spiritual empowerment, with the result of weakening, undermining or decreasing that person’s spiritual empowerment."
The authors go further:
"Spiritual abuse can also occur when spirituality is used to make others live up to a ‘spiritual standard.’ This promotes external ‘spiritual performance,’ …or is used as a means of ‘proving’ a person’s spirituality."
This abuse may not even be intentional, but kills the heart, nonetheless.
Notice the effects of this kind of abuse:
- weakening, undermining or decreasing that person’s spiritual empowerment.
- enforcing a 'spiritual standard,' 'spiritual performance,' a means of 'proving a person's spirituality'
The e-book is nearly completed, and I'll be announcing its completion soon.
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Jim Robbins