Thomas Holman is a professor of marriage, family and human development at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He wrote “The Teaching of Non-marital Sexual Abstinence and Members’ Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors: The Case of Latter-Day Saints” for the Review of Religious Research.

James Dobson is founder and former president and chairman of the board of Focus on the Family. In 2010, he founded a new ministry called Family Talk.

The Domestic Violence Research Center provides a list of national statistics on domestic violence.

Domestic Violence Statistics is an online organization that works to prevent domestic violence by providing resources and educating the general public on what it is and how to stop it.

Read a January 2007 Sojourners article on evangelical resources on domestic violence.

Read a paper by the late Sharifa Alkhateeb about domestic violence in the Islamic community.

Read a 2010 essay by Marie Fortune about the duty of religious organizations to support victims of domestic violence.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Council on Family Violence jointly produced a brochure for clergy about domestic abuse.

Read a June 26, 2013 Huffington Post article about domestic violence in the U.S. and steps that can be taken in eliminating it’s presence.