Audio & Video Resources Discussing Spiritual Abuse

AUDIO

Thatmom's Podcast Series on Spiritual Abuse:
(Series of interviews with Cindy Kunsman)

All podcasts can be downloaded by linking HERE.

Link to the separate online blog discussions following each podcast:

• Part I: What is spiritual abuse, what does the Bible say about it and how does it affect homeschooling families?

• Part II: Henke’s spiritual abuse model, an introduction to Robert Lifton and thought reform techniques.
• Part III: More on thought reform techniques, sales techniques in the church and an introduction to Cialdini’s “Weapons of Influence”
• Part IV: Conclusion of Cialdini discussion, and considerations for resisting influence and manipulation.
• Part V: Speaking out against patriocentricity, problematic teachings about the Trinity in complementarianism and the reaction to the online Patriarchy Workshop Video.
• Part VI: Examples of thought reform and Henke’s spiritual abuse at play in the examples of patriarchy and hard complementarian organizations.
• Part VII: Extending love, nurture and spiritual care to self and others after spiritual abuse.

Thatmom's Podcast Series on Patriocentricity:
(Series of podcasts with Don Veinot of Midwest Christian Oureach and Karen "Spunky" Braun.)
All pocdasts can be downloaded by linking HERE.

Link to the separate online blog discussions following each podcast:

• WEEK ONE: “Thatmom’s History of Patriarchy in the Homeschooling Community.”
• WEEK TWO: The First of Two Interviews with Don Veinot from Midwest Christian Outreach.
• WEEK THREE: “Interview with Don Veinot, Part 2.”
• WEEK FOUR: Interview with Spunky Homeschool Mom (Karen Braun), Part One of five.
• WEEK FIVE: Interview with Spunky (Karen Braun), Part II: A Review of the Writings of Debi Pearl
• WEEK SIX: Interview with Spunky (Karen Braun), Part III: A Review of the Writings of Debi Pearl (continued)
• WEEK SEVEN: Interview with Spunky (Karen Braun), Part IV: Discussing Visionary Daughters and "So Much More" by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin
• WEEK EIGHT: Final Interview with Spunky (Karen Braun), Part V: Discussing Visionary Daughters and "So Much More" by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin

Radio Interviews by Jan Markell with Apologists Christopher Lawson and Eric Barger discussing Spiritual Abuse, courtesy of the Spiritual Research Network and Olive Tree Ministries on "Understanding the Times" Radio:

• Part I: General aspects of spiritual abuse with Christopher Lawson
• Part II: Interview with Eric Barger of "Take a Stand Ministries"

Spiritwatch Ministries Audio:

• "Rise of the Cults": Dr. Walter Martin at Lee College Chapel, 1979
• "Understanding Cult Mind Control": Michael Spencer

VIDEO

• **Patriarchy Workshop (Overview of gnostic and pagan "Biblical Patriarchy")
• **Bad Apples or Bad Barrels: Video Overviews of Zimbardo’s Lucifer Effect (Philip Zimbardo lectures on how systems of control and social pressure promote evil behavior and encourages individuals to become “everyday heroes” in the face of social and environmental pressures.)
• **The Wave (A video that depicts the disturbingly true story of a classroom experiment in a history class in a California high school. The teacher sought to demonstrate to the students how German citizens so readily accepted the Third Reich to his class by exposing them to some of the behavioral techniques used.)
• **Discussing Cults on the Geraldo Show (Many guests share their personal accounts)
• Steve Arterburn on Spiritual Abuse
• Steve Hassan's Account and How to Talk to People in Cults
• The Marks of a Cult
• Personal Testimony of a Former Member
• Narcissistic Pastor Syndrome
• **Derren Brown Videos (Mentalist uses tricks to implant ideas and suggestions)
• Stanford Prison Experiment (The Hierarchy Effect?) (How an investigative study produced disturbing behaviors among a group of students at Stanford University)
• The Milgram Study (Study evaluating willingness of subjects to follow instructions given by a perceived authority figure)
• Asch Conformity Study (Study evaluating how subjects respond to social influence and popular opinion as a force that powerfully affects perception)
• The Power of the Situation (A documentary reviewing conformity studies and the powerful effect that social pressures, authority figures and circumstances pose upon individuals)