Healing Violent Men: A Model for Christian Communities - Brossura

Livingston, David J

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0800632516 ISBN 13: 9780800632519

Casa editrice: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2000

Riassunto

Violence, forgiveness, and healingDomestic violence is a widespread, though largely invisible, problem, often exacerbated by the pastoral urge to "keep the family together" at all costs. Yet if that is not a solution, how should the church relate to batterers? "I believe that the Christian community, if it is to be genuinely a community of healing and hope, must attend to both the victims and the perpetrators of domestic violence", says David Livingston. Addressing the complex phenomenon of intimate violence against wives, lovers, and children, Livingston profiles batterers and battering and traces it to larger cultural pathologies. He explores the ambiguous role of religion and then offers practical advice of pastoral and programmatic efforts to embrace simultaneously the twin Christian imperatives of forgiveness and responsibility.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0800632516
• ISBN 13: 9780800632519
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144