Overcoming Conflicting Loyalties : Intimate Partner Violence, Community Resources, and Faith.

Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Dissolving Solitudes -- 1 Secular-Religious Conversations about Violence -- Reflections -- 2 Intimate Partner Violence: Definitions and Context -- Collaboration -- 3 Faithlink: Building Connections between the Sacral and the Secular -- The Good Wife -- 4 Finding Their Voices: Religious/Ethno-Cultural Women Speak about Intimate Partner Violence -- Mutations of the Heart -- 5 Incorporating Spirituality into Practice: How Service Providers Address the Spiritual Needs of Clients -- Meditation -- 6 Contemplative Meditation: Its Efficacy with Service Providers Working with a Victimized Clientele -- Faith and Belief -- 7 Reflections on the Book: A Panel Discussion, Part I -- The Road -- 8 Reflections on the Book: A Panel Discussion, Part II -- The Hours -- 9 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Authors -- Also from University of Alberta Press.

Benefits of secular and sacral communities working together to help victims of intimate partner violence.

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