{"product_id":"ending-abusive-theologies-9780334067689","title":"Ending Abusive Theologies: Beginning Again with Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Following various church abuse scandals, there is now a growing realization that bad theology and bad outcomes are deeply connected. \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Ending Abusive Theologies \u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;attributes 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’.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u0026gt;Adrian Thatcher argues that we should start thinking of abusive theology as a category of theology; \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Ending Abusive Theologies\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780334067689\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Thatcher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50077519118586,"sku":"9780334067689","price":23.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9780334067689.jpg?v=1786796528","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/ending-abusive-theologies-9780334067689","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}