I’m happy to share the resources that helped me during my marriage and have given me life beyond that. The podcasts are available on most podcast platforms, and I found many of the books through my local library. If you use any of the links to make a purchase on Amazon, I may receive a commission as an Amazon affiliate.
Emotional Abuse, Spiritual Abuse, and Divorce
Books
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Guide to Knowing Whether Your Relationship can— and Should — Be Saved – Lundy Bancroft
Why Does he do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men – Lundy Bancroft
Life-Saving Divorce: Hope for People Leaving Destructive Relationships – Gretchen Baskerville
Boundaries – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries in Marriage – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Necessary Endings – Henry Cloud
Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder – Bill Eddy
Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People – Jackson Mackenzie
In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People– George K. Simon, Jr.
Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse – Shannon Thomas
The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope – Leslie Vernick
Faith Deconstruction and Decolonization
Books
Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who’ve Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn’t Enough – Candice Marie Benbow
Making a Way out of no Way: A Womanist Theology – Monica A. Coleman
Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective– Kelly B. Douglas
The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World’s Largest Religion is Seeking a Better Way to be Christian – Brian D. McLaren
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk – Delores S. Williams
Podcasts
Reclaiming My Theology
Gospel for the Culture
The Bible for Normal People
Melanated Faith
Faith and Feminism
Dirty Rotten Church Kids