Women, abuse, and the Bible :how Scripture can be used to hurt or to heal /Catherine Clark Kroeger and James R. Beck, editors.
Description
Religious beliefs and abuse / Carolyn Holderread Heggen -- The evangelical debate over biblical "headship" / David M. Scholer -- Clergy sexual abuse / Diane Langberg -- Characteristics of the incestuous family / Jackie J. Hudson -- How evangelical women cope with prescription and description / Alice P. Mathews -- No church to call home / Shirley Gillett -- Some biblical reflections on justice, rape, and an insensitive society / Craig S. Keener -- Depression in abused women / M. Gay Hubbard -- Pastoral care for abused women / Joan Burgess Winfrey -- Creating healing environments for abuse survivors / Mary Nella Bruce -- Competent Christian intervention with men who batter / Steven R. Fleming -- A prison epistle / Thomas -- God's purposes in the midst of human sin / Catherine Clark Kroeger -- Theology for the healthy family / James R. Beck.
255 pages ;23 cm