Spiritual Abuse Roundtable

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Spiritual Abuse Roundtable

FromThe Religious Studies Project

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Feb 14, 2022

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Join host Theo Wildcroft and panelists Wendy Dossett, Dawn Llewellyn, Suzanne Newcombe, and Lisa Oakley as they discuss scholarship and academic approaches to issues of 'spiritual abuse'.

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Feb 14, 2022

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