Editors:
- Examines the interface between diverse religious cultures and men’s violence against women
- Reviews research on spiritual and religious coping with trauma
- Focuses on how to work within rather than work against the religious culture of the client
- Introduces guidelines on consultation with a wide range of religious groups
- Provides a conceptual model of religious cultural identity development
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background Information
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Front Matter
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Working with Individuals within Religious Cultural Communities in the US
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Front Matter
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About this book
This reference offers the nuanced understanding and practical guidance needed to address domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in diverse religious communities. Introductory chapters sort through the complexities, from abusers' distorting of sacred texts to justifying their actions to survivors' conflicting feelings toward their faith. The core of the book surveys findings on gender violence across Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Eastern, and Indigenous traditions--both attitudes that promote abuse and spiritual resources that can be used to promote healing. Best practices are included for appropriate treatment of survivors, their children, and abusers; and for partnering with communities and clergy toward stemming violence against women.
Among the topics featured:
- Ecclesiastical policies vs. lived social relationships: gender parity, attitudes, and ethics.
- Women’s spiritual struggles and resources to cope with intimate partner aggression.
- Christian stereotypes and violence against North America’s native women.
- Addressing intimate partner violence in rural church communities.
- Collaboration between community service agencies and faith-based institutions.
- Providing hope in faith communities: creating a domestic violence policy for families.
Religion and Men's Violence against Women will gain a wide audience among psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals who treat religious clients or specialize in treating survivors and perpetrators of domestic and intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual assault, rape, or human trafficking.
Keywords
- Best practices in working with clergy
- Best practices in working with religious communities
- Church work with abused women
- Domestic Violence
- Family Violence
- Gender-based violence
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Pastoral counseling
- Religion and Family Violence
- Religion and Violence Against Women
- Treatment of abusive men
- Violence Against Women
- Violence in religious communities
Reviews
“This book explores violence against women across different religious traditions such as Christian, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh. … The book provides ways for mental health professionals to deal with spirituality and violence. … This book discusses men’s violence against women within a number of religious traditions, describing the problem and possible solutions. The authors demonstrate how the community can work with religious organizations to decrease incidents of domestic violence.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, Bethel University, Saint Paul, USA
Andy J. Johnson
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religion and Men's Violence Against Women
Editors: Andy J. Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2266-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-2265-9
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6585-4
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-2266-6
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 474
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Psychotherapy, Gender Studies