Dismantled

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Behind the walls of Protestant churches across America is a story that has not been told until now -- the systemic derailment and disappearance of GenX-Millennial clergy women. </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through careful theoretical analysis and in-depth interviews with clergy who have left abusive church systems Horan applies a gender-critical approach to the phenomenon of clergy killing. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With expert analysis of the social dynamics of feminized servanthood gendered scapegoating toxic masculinity and the mother-daughter wound within intergenerational parish life this important body of research exposes the oppressive relational dynamics that are pushing clergy women out of active ministry. With a desire to validate and empower survivors of religious trauma Horan centers the voices of clergy women who are reconstituting their lives and vocational calling beyond toxic church culture.</span></p><p></p>