The Battered Wife: How Christians Confront Family Violence

by Nancy Nason-Clark

Overview

Family life is often a place of violence, especially violence against women—in Christian homes as well as in secular ones. Nancy Nason-Clark's sociological investigations allow her to analyze this problem and to reveal how Christian communities respond to family violence in positive ways. She also to suggests how church and secular agencies can cooperate for even more effective action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664256920
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	11/01/1997
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nancy Nason-Clark is Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. She serves as editor of Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review, and has served as President of both the International Religious Research Association and the Association for the Sociology of Religion.