{"product_id":"ending-abusive-theologies","title":"Ending Abusive Theologies","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\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003eAdrian 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499172700533,"sku":"9780334067689","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780334067689.jpg?v=1786694488","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/ending-abusive-theologies","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}