Resources

Books

There have been a number of excellent books written in recent years about domestic abuse within the Church

These books deal with domestic violence in a church context:

  • Battered into Submission: The Tragedy of Wife Abuse in the Christian Home – James Alsdurf and Phyllis Alsdurf

  • Battered Women: From a Theology of Suffering to an Ethic of Empowerment – Joy Bussert

  • Beyond Abuse in the Christian Home: Raising Voice for Change – Catherine Clark Kroeger, Nancy Nason-Clark, Barbara Fisher-Townsend (Eds)

  • Counseling Families Across the Stages of Life: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helping Professionals – Andrew Weaver, Linda Revilla and Harold Koenig

  • Counseling Women – A Narrative, Pastoral Approach – Christie Neuger

  • The Courage Coach: A Practical, Friendly Guide On How To Heal From Abuse – Ashley Easter

  • Domestic Violence and the Church – Helen L. Conway

  • Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know – Al Miles and Catherine Kroeger

  • Family Violence: The Compassionate Church Responds – Melissa Miller

  • Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences – Ken Blue

  • Healing the Hurting: Giving Hope & Help to Abused Women – Catherine Kroeger and James Beck (Eds)

  • Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse – Marie Fortune

  • Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World – Carolyn Custis James

  • No Place for Abuse: Biblical & Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence – Catherine Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark

  • Not Marked: Finding Hope and Healing after Sexual Abuse – Mary DeMuth

  • Refuge from Abuse: Healing and Hope for Abused Christian Women – Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger

  • Renew: An Australian Guide for Christian women survivors of domestic abuse - Edited by Lynda Dunstan and Esther Sweetman 

  • Render unto God: Economic Vulnerability, Family Violence, and Pastoral Theology – James Poling with contributions by Brenda Ruiz and Linda Crockett

  • Telling the Truth: Preaching About Sexual and Domestic Violence – John McClure and Nancy Ramsay (Eds)

  • The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church – David Johnston and Jeff Van Vonderen

  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond – Patricia Evans

  • Violence Against Women and Children: A Christian Theological Sourcebook – Carol Adams, Marie Fortune and Mary Fortune (Eds)

  • Violence in the Family: A Workshop Curriculum for Clergy and Other Helpers – Marie Fortune

  • Weep Not For Your Children: Essays on Religion and Violence – Lisa Isherwood and Rosemary Radford Ruether (Eds)