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Spiritual Abuse : When The System Becomes The Persecutor, Gary R. Veenhuizen
Spiritual Abuse : When The System Becomes The Persecutor, Gary R. Veenhuizen
Doctor of Ministry
Spiritual abuse is an extremely subtle issue in its early stages. Often one doesn’t recognize when they are a subject of abuse, or how they have been influenced in ways that are controlling and involve manipulation of behavior and thought. It should be understood that all institutional systems are vulnerable to manipulation by leadership, tradition or culture of the system or organization. I am proposing that it is possible that a system itself can be an abuser, inflicting spiritual control and manipulation on the organization, the leadership and members for future generations. I want to examine the earmarks of unhealthy …