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This guide for purchase is geared toward providing advocates strategies and suggestions for effective collaborations with religious communities. This guide is designed to: Educate advocates about how to work effectively with women from a wide variety of religious and spiritual traditions; Offer concrete strategies for making domestic violence programs sensitive and welcoming to women from diverse faith backgrounds; and Provide suggestions for effective collaboration between domestic violence programs and religious communities.

A critical resource for victims and survivors of domestic violence, and for the rabbis and advocates who work with them. Filled with inspiration and wisdom from the Jewish tradition, this book is a compassionate reaffirmation of the support and love that Judaism offers survivors through their connection with God.

Bless Our Children is a powerful video that tells the story of one congregation's efforts to include sexual abuse prevention in their children's religious education. The study guide for the video provides a case study approach on child abuse prevention education in a local church, practical methods to educate parents and teachers, strategies to address possible resistance to implementing prevention education, and actual classroom examples.

This much-needed handbook includes basic information about domestic violence, theological reflections, referral resources, and concrete suggestions for a compassionate Christian response to abuse in the home.

A Journey Towards Freedom: A Haggadah for Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence transforms the traditional Passover Seder into a special service that addresses the oppression and liberation of women journeying from abuse to safety.

A three-session support group curriculum for abused Christian women. Developed by the Domestic Violence Awareness Task Force of the Office of Peace and Justice, Catholic Diocese of Richmond, VA.

Different kinds of organizations in which social workers are employed can each influence the degree and way in which one talks about matters of faith and spirituality. This workshop offers guidance for incorporating religion and spirituality into social work practice.

This supplement to the Bahá’í guidelines on “Developing Distinctive Bahá’í Communities,” offers a policy statement and recommendations for addressing domestic violence in the context of Bahá’í principles, laws, and exhortations. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of individuals and local spiritual assemblies, and offers resources and references for additional support.

This book is offers responses to common religious questions raised by victims and survivors of domestic violence and is a valuable resource for domestic violence programs, counselors, and pastors.

This one-hour program for use in Christian education offers basic information on domestic violence, as well as concrete ideas about how congregations can become involved in prevention and can offer a safe space for battered women.

An interreligious resource produced by the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Designed to build partnerships between community organizations and faith-based communities and to involve faith groups in the prevention of sexual violence.

Includes suggestions for worship (w/model sermon), adapted Power & Control and Equality wheels which relate various components to Bible scripture, and suggestions for creating a helpful environment to respond to domestic violence within the congregation.