{"product_id":"ending-abusive-theologies-adrian-thatcher-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Thatcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0334067685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780334067689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SCM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Adrian Thatcher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659750715647,"sku":"9780334067689","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ending-abusive-theologies-adrian-thatcher-9780334067689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}