{"product_id":"ending-abusive-theologies-beginning-again-with-love-9780334067689","title":"Ending Abusive Theologies: Beginning Again with Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing various church abuse scandals, there is now a growing realization that bad theology and bad outcomes are deeply connected. \u003cem\u003eEnding Abusive Theologies \u003c\/em\u003eattributes the widespread decline of Christian belief in the West in part to harmful, indeed abusive, doctrines. At the same time, there has been a widespread failure of theology to equip the Church to engage with a world that has lost interest in, and patience with, the Church, while retaining its interest in all things 'spiritual'.\u003c\/p\u003e Adrian Thatcher argues that we should start thinking of abusive theology as a category of theology; \u003cem\u003eEnding Abusive Theologies\u003c\/em\u003e widens and deepens this notion and its catalogue of harms, linking it firmly to the abuse crises in the churches, yet also suggesting the shape of a post-abusive alternative. The book charts a course back to living faith via an unflinching exposure of abusive teachings, abusive Bible readings, and abusive depictions of God that have no place in a gospel-centred theology of justice and love. In this way, we are taken on a rough voyage through seas of controversy, ending calmly in the welcome harbour of an all-loving and non-abusive God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SCM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780334067689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Adrian Thatcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933947785397,"sku":"9780334067689","price":40.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ending-abusive-theologies-beginning-again-with-love-9780334067689","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}