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Violence Against Women and the Role of Religion

Publish Date: 
2005
Description: 

This VAWnet Applied Research paper provides an overview of some of the basic issues and questions that confront religiously identified women who have experienced abuse. The document focuses on three of the major religions in the U.S.: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. It outlines strategies for clergy and secular domestic violence advocates to reach out to one another in order to find and develop the resources needed to help domestic violence victims.
Violence Against Women and the Role of Religion [1]

Bibliography: 
Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune and Rabbi Cindy Enger
Filed under
Faith-based Responses [2],Research [3]
Filed under
Reports [4]

Source URL: http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/reports/violence-against-women-and-role-religion

Links:
[1] http://new.vawnet.org/category/Main_Doc.php?docid=411
[2] http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/collaborative-responses/faith-based-responses
[3] http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/research
[4] http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/reports