Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know

by Al Miles

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2011

Overview

According to the American Medical Association, one quarter of American women will be abused by an intimate partner at some point in their lives. Al Miles addresses the issues related to inadequate pastoral response to this pervasive problem. Miles explores the dynamics of abusive relationships and the role that clergy members can take to heal this painful situation. This new edition builds upon the insights, policies, and programs of the original volume and includes new information on the pathology of domestic violence and the effect the economic downturn is having on victim-survivors and batterers.

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Key Features

• Addresses ways that pastors can respond to domestic violence
• Explores the nature of abusive relationships and how to heal from them
• Includes discussion questions and additional resources

Contents

Top Highlights

“Spiritual leaders who have not received proper training in domestic violence prevention and intervention strategies will often tell a victim-survivor what to do, rather than allowing her to determine her own path.” (Page 31)

“Violated Christian women end up feeling pressured by clergy and other pastoral ministers to choose between their safety and some alleged biblical, cultural, doctrinal, familial, or societal truth.” (Page 33)

“Do not recommend or participate in couples’ or marriage counseling.” (Page 42)

“ at great risk to fall prey to the lies spun by perpetrators” (Page 35)

Praise for the Print Edition

No woman should be forced to choose between the safety of a shelter and the support of her church when she experiences domestic terror. She needs and deserves both. This is our job as Christian leaders: to ensure that she is safe and supported and has the resources to protect herself and her children. We need to assure her that God and the Bible are with her in her hour of need. Jesus unequivocally calls us to be the Good Samaritan to the battered woman and her children. In this book, Rev. Al Miles shows us the way.

—Marie M. Fortune, founder and senior analyst, FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, Washington

Product Details

• Title: Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know
• Author: Al Miles
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 224
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church work with dysfunctional families; Family violence › Religious aspects--Christianity
• Resource ID: LLS:DOMESTVIOLENCE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:27:40Z

About Al Miles

Rev. Al Miles has served as hospital chaplain in a number of medical centers throughout the United States since 1981 and now coordinates the hospital ministry at The Queen’s Medical Center in Hawaii. He is the author of articles on domestic abuse and has counseled victims and perpetrators for 18 years. Miles also serves on the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women, which is co-chaired by the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.