The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence was founded by Jim Brady, the former White House spokesman who was wounded in the head during the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981, and Brady’s wife, Sarah. The Brady Campaign says it is “working to reform the gun industry and educate the public about gun violence through litigation […]

Read a July 20, 2012, post at the Daily Theology blog titled “Confronting our culture of violence.” It is by Kevin Ahern, a doctoral candidate in theological ethics at Boston College. Ahern wonders if “the time is ripe for the US Bishops to clarify and teach how we might address this challenge pastorally and politically?”

See a Feb. 23, 2007, article about a program from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help victims of domestic violence. Contact Eric Hawkins.

The Catholic bishops have cited the need for reducing gun violence a number of times. In November 1994 U.S. bishops released a pastoral letter, “Confronting a Culture of Violence: A Catholic Framework for Action,” which addressed gun violence. In November 2000 the bishops adopted a statement, titled “Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal […]

The National Council of Churches has long advocated a reduction in gun violence through gun control. Read a March 15, 2000, statement, “Interfaith Call to End Gun Violence.”

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 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.