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Robert J. Priest and Esther Cordill

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Response to Evinger and Darr’s “Determining the Truth of Abuse in Mission Communities”

Robert Priest is Professor of Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Esther Cordill practices clinical psychology. James Evinger and Richard Darr misunderstand and misconstrue two brief references in our article. They wrongly imply that these references were central. They fail to address the topic that was central. They instead launch a discussion of…
Robert J. Priest and Esther Cordill
July 15, 2014
Article

Christian Communities and “Recovered Memories” of Abuse

In the 1980s the idea emerged that psychological problems are often caused by unremembered sexual abuse, and that healing requires retrieval of memory. While much of main-stream psychology later questioned the validity and/or reliability of such memories, many evangelical therapists and ministry leaders have continued to be “carriers” of recovered memory approaches. Using case study…
Robert J. Priest and Esther Cordill
July 15, 2012