“Churches and Domestic Violence”
Read an April 12, 2013 PBS transcript of an interview with Father Charles Dahm on domestic violence and religion.
Read an April 12, 2013 PBS transcript of an interview with Father Charles Dahm on domestic violence and religion.
Read a Sept. 2004 Christianity Today article about one victim’s account of domestic violence and her turn to Christianity for support. The article provides a list of the different types of domestic violence that exist.
Read a June 15, 2013 Patheos article by Terry Firma about a school teacher’s domestic violence encounter and how it effected her livelihood and job.
Richard S. Toikka, a lawyer and economist, is principal with Farkas and Toikka, a law firm in Washington, D.C. He is co-author of a study released by the Employment Policies Institute in Washington, D.C., in May 2005, which concluded that the impact of increased income gained through a living-wage ordinance was offset by the loss of other government assistance. […]
The federal Violence Against Women Act of 2005 was first signed into law in January 2006.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) crafted a policy statement on domestic violence at its 2001 General Assembly.
The Episcopal Church passed a resolution in 1994 at its 71st General Convention condemning violence against women. In 2000, delegates at the 73rd General Convention called the church to address domestic violence within its own community.
The United Methodist Church passed a resolution on domestic violence in 1992.
The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution against domestic violence in 1979.