Violence in Families
Subtitle: What Every Christian Needs to Know
Contributors: Marie M. Fortune (Foreword)
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: September 2002
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780806642642
Subjects: Marriage, family & other relationships; Religion - Marriage & Family; Dysfunctional Families; Christianity - Christian Life - Social Issues; Spiritual; Family & Relationships; Family/Marriage; Family violence; Christian Life - Family; Christian Life - Social Issues; Christianity - Christian Life - Family Relationships; Religious aspects; Family Relationships; Christianity; Church work with problem famil; Church work with problem families
First sentence: Picture the following three women attending the same church where you worship: Rose, a fifty-eight-year-old homemaker, is the most dedicated person in her congregation-the individual everyone counts on.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Marie M. Fortune; title: Preface / Niki Christiansen; title: Introduction : There's no place like home!; title: A Dim Mirror : Hidden Dynamics of Domestic Violence among Christians; title: In the Name of God and Jesus? : Religious Beliefs, Teachings, and Traditions That Work against Battered Women; title: Teen Dating and Relationship Violence : In and Out of the Church; title: Teen Dating and Relationship Violence : Prevention and Intervention; title: Working as Partners; title: Appendix A : Selected resources; title: Appendix B : State coalitions, Internet resources, and organizations