Battered Into Submission: The Tragedy of Wife Abuse in the Christian Home
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Each year three to four million women are severely assaulted by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends. Battery is the single major cause of injury to women. And Christians are not exempt. Women... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0830812636
ISBN13:9780830812639
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:InterVarsity Press
Length:168 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Good book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Read this book for a seminary class. I was really impressed. It looked at domestic abuse and gave responsible Christian answers. I would recommend this book to all pastors, theology students, and Christians alike. Excellent!
Should be on every Pastor's shelf...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
...instead it's out of print."Battered into Submission" blows away the myth that spousal abuse doesn't happen in Christian homes, or that it doesn't happen any more. Using statistical and anecdotal data, the authors reveal undeniably how spousal abuse is ubiquitous in the Christian landscape. They map the denominations and doctrinal groups in which a woman is most at risk of abuse. Although the data relates to the 1970's the book remains relevant. Most importantly, it delineates how the most usual counselling received from Christian counsellers to women who have already suffered abuse, in fact tends to perpetuate the abusive situation. Pastors who believe "things have changed" would do well to measure their own performance against this analysis as a check up on whether they are unconscious contributors to perpetuating spousal abuse.This book, or some other as unblinkingly willing to face the facts of pastoral complicity in spousal abuse, should be required reading for every Christian worker who purposes to provide pastoral care or counselling.
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