| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface; How to use this book; A Victim's Voice; Chapter 1: Behind the Scenes; Chapter 2: People Like Us; Chapter 3: An Unrelenting Cycle; Chapter 4: Perpetrators and the Pursuit of Power; Chapter 5: Discovering Forgiveness; Chapter 6: Breaking the Covenant; Chapter 7: Husband and Shepherd; Chapter 8: A Faith for Coping; Chapter 9: Listening to the Voice of Experience; Chapter 10: Final Words; References. |
| Summary |
This book explores women's experiences of physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, financial, and spiritual abuse at the hands of their perpetrator husbands who claim themselves to be good Christians. Through extensive interviews combined with academic research, the reader learns how counseling can be effective through the encouragement of a variety of religious and non-religious coping strategies. Of interest to victims of domestic abuse, as well as to the members of the clergy, psychologists, and counsellors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abused wives -- Counseling of.
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Abused wives -- Counseling of. |
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Abused wives. |
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Church work with abused women.
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Church work with abused women. |
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Marital violence.
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Marital violence. |
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Spousal abuse.
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Spousal abuse. |
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Wife abuse.
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Wife abuse. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781921513510 (electronic book) |
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1921513519 (electronic book) |
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