Religion and Intimate Partner Violence: Understanding the Challenges and Proposing Solutions

by Nancy Nason-Clark, Barbara Fisher-Townsend, Catherine Holtmann, et al.

Intimate partner violence is a complex, ugly, fear-inducing reality for large numbers of women around the world. When violence exists in a relationship, safety is compromised, shame abounds, and peace evaporates. Violence is learned behavior and it flourishes most when it is ignored, minimized, or misunderstood. When it strikes the homes of deeply religious women, they are: more vulnerable; more likely to believe that their abusive partners can, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190607211
• ISBN13: 9780190607210
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"