What is included with this book?
Foreword | p. xv |
Preface | p. xix |
Facing Reality | p. 1 |
"It Doesn't Happen Here!" | |
When Appropriate Training Has Not Occurred | |
The Importance of Collaboration | |
Why Do Victims-Survivors Remain with Their Offenders? | |
Why Are Most Abusers Male? | |
Rationalization for Violent Behavior | |
Intimate Partner Violence in GLBT Communities | |
Effects of Economic Downturn on Domestic Violence | |
Separating Fact from Myth | |
Conclusion | |
Questions for Discussion | |
Preparing to Serve | p. 23 |
A Survivor and Her Pastor Reflect | |
Why Domestic Violence Awareness Training Is Essential | |
Domestic Violence Awareness Training: Sample of an Eight-Hour Session | |
Why Partnerships Are Essential | |
Final Preparation | |
Conclusion | |
Questions for Discussion | |
Once an Abuser, Always an Abuser? A Further Exploration | p. 49 |
Edgar's Story, Spring 1998 | |
Edgar's Reflections, Spring 2010 | |
Tactics Used by Batterers | |
Can Abusive Men Change? | |
Providing Pastoral Care to Batterers | |
Conclusion | |
Questions for Discussion | |
When the Abuser Is a Male Spiritual Leader | p. 77 |
Alison's Story | |
Joyce's Story | |
Hope's Story | |
What Can Be Learned from These Stories? | |
Conclusion | |
Questions for Discussion | |
Thorny Still: The Question of Forgiveness | p. 103 |
Complexities of Forgiveness | |
What Is Forgiveness-and What Is It Not? | |
Forgiveness: Perspectives from Two Survivors | |
Forgiveness: After the Abuse | |
How Spiritual Leaders Can Help Survivors Struggling with Forgiveness | |
Conclusion | |
Questions for Discussion | |
Goals and Best Approaches | p. 131 |
Responding to Victims-Survivors | |
Responding to Batterers | |
Responding When the Abuser Is a Male Spiritual Leader | |
Biblical and Theological Perspectives | |
Conclusion | |
Questions for Discussion | |
Acknowledgments | p. 159 |
Checklists | p. 161 |
Selected Resources | p. 163 |
Coalitions | p. 167 |
Notes | p. 181 |
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