If you suspect you are an abused women of faith, you struggle like other abused women, but your faith may be used against you....You pray. You obey. You believe. You love. You hope he will change. But the pressures keep building- mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and perhaps even physically.
In Batteredin the Name of God , the author shares the tools she used to escape abusewith a strongerfaith in God. A 30-year veteran educator and counselor, shestudiedchurch responses to battered women of faith, along with 14 years ofBible study, theology and philosophy.
"This self-help workbook moves recovery forward byclarifying how faith ismisused to sanction abuse. It presents a new paradigmfor working withthese issues. I recommend her innovative and original methodsfor anyone, professional or lay person, interested in pursuing freedom andhealingfrom abuse underwritten by appeals to religious concepts."
- LeonProbasco, Board Certified Diplomate, Psychiatric Social Work