Toxic Shame in the Church

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Grounded in an autoethnographic approach this book draws from the author's personal experiences as a gay woman and former priest who faced institutional shaming. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Drawing on practical theologies of shame and the work of Christian anthropology it challenges traditional theological perspectives on sin and human nature proposing a person-centred model that emphasizes unconditional love and positive self-regard. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>By exposing and addressing the Church's role in constructing shame the book proposes a pathway towards healing and self-acceptance for those marginalized by faith-based shaming.</span></p>