Responding to Abuse in Christian Homes: A Challenge to Churches and Their Leaders - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1498259421 ISBN 13 : 9781498259422

Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

Domestic abuse is a horror. It lurks beneath the surface of our collective existence, sometimes raising its ugly head where least expected-in the church or within families of faith. Are we-individually or collectively-ready to respond? What can, or should, congregations and their pastoral leaders do? And, as we survey the Christian landscape across the United States and Canada, are we as the community of faith stepping up to the challenge presented by violence in the family? There is no easy answer to the problems that surface when abuse impacts the Christian family. But each of the authors contributing to this volume believes fervently that it is imperative that followers of Jesus and their spiritual shepherds respond to the cries for help. To respond well necessitates both knowledge and a willingness to act. This book is here to help. It represents a collective effort to bring all of us a step farther in our journey of walking with Christ over a sea of troubled waters. None of us know as much as we should, but all of us can learn from one another. Throughout the collection we provide an opportunity to examine a diversity of perspectives, with the hope that each will in some way advance our understanding of the complexity of domestic violence issues in our midst-within our churches and the communities where our churches minister.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Nancy Nason-Clark, PhD, is the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick in Canada and Director of the RAVE Project. She is the author of The Battered Wife: How Christians Confront Family Violence.

Barbara Fisher-Townsend, PhD, works as a Contract Academic in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick and teaches family violence related courses in the Department of Sociology and for the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research certificate program in family violence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498259421
• ISBN 13: 9781498259422
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Éditeur: Nason-Clark Nancy, Kroeger Catherine Clark, Fisher-Townsend Professor Of Sociology Barbara
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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