Violence Against Women and the Faith Community: Online Publications and Books Originally compiled by Nancy Flanakin, Librarian, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, www.ncdsv.org Online Publications Bahá’is of the United States statement on domestic violence, 2004 http://www.us.bahai.org/spirit/domestic.htm Buddhism and domestic violence: creative responses to karmic fatalism, by Ouyporn Khuankaew http://www.bpf.org/tsangha/tsm03report/Karma%20Book/gender.html Collaboration between faith-based communities and sexual assault and domestic violence programs, Reshape, National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project, Spring 2006 http://www.vawnet.org/SexualViolence/ServicesAndProgramDev/ServiceProvAndProg/Reshape14Faith.php A commentary on religious issues in family violence, Rev. Marie M. Fortune http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/a_commentary_on_religious_issues_in_family_violence.pdf A community checklist – religious community, Nebraska Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition and FaithTrust Institute http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/religious_community_checklist.pdf Creating partnerships with faith communities to end sexual violence, Cynthia Okayama Dopke, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, 2002 Part 1 – http://www.vawnet.org/SexualViolence/PreventionAndEducation/Approaches/CommunityBased/Pages1-33.pdf and Part 2 – http://www.vawnet.org/SexualViolence/PreventionAndEducation/Approaches/CommunityBased/Pages34-68.pdf Domestic violence: A focus guide for clergy and religious leaders, Jeri Gray-Reneberg, M.Div., Steve Beal and M. Jane Ford, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department – Health Promotion and Outreach Division, 1996 http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/PreventionAndEducation/Approaches/ClergyGuide.php Domestic violence prevention & education in faith-based communities, http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/PreventionAndEducation/Approaches/FaithBased.php Faith leaders: Working with victims of domestic violence and their abusers resource manual, Interfaith Leaders Committee, Utah Domestic Violence Council, September 21, 2004 http://www.udvac.org/manual_ifl.pdf A guidebook for clergy on sexual assault, trauma and spiritual healing, Helen Thueson, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, English – http://www.taasa.org/member/pdfs/sash.pdf and Español – http://www.taasa.org/member/pdfs/sash_span.pdf Helping rural battered women and their children: A guide for faith leaders and religious communities, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2002 http://www.vawnet.org/PCADVPublications/PapersReports/GuideFaithLeaders.php Hinduism Today articles: • Excuses for wife abuse must end, by Shamita Das Dasgupta, April 1991 http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1991/04/1991-04-07.shtml • It starts with that first slap, by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, September 1994 http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1994/9/1994-9-08.shtml An Imam’s guide to dealing with domestic violence in the West, Sound Vision National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence – www.ncdsv.org Revised August 2006 Violence Against Women and the Faith Community: Online Publications and Books Page 1 of 2 http://www.soundvision.com/info/socialservice/violenceimamwest.asp New directions from the field: Victims’ rights and services for the 21st century – faith community, OVW Bulletin, Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, August 1998 http://www.ovc.gov/new/directions/pdftxt/bulletins/bltn12.pdf Partnering with faith communities to provide elder fraud prevention, intervention, and victim services, Lisa Curtis, OVC Bulletin, Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, April 2006 http://www.ovc.gov/publications/bulletins/elderfraud_case/welcome.html A perspective on domestic violence in the Muslim community, Salma Elkadi Abugideiri, 2005 http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/article_from_salma__final_with_copyright_notice_for_web.pdf Responding to domestic violence: guidelines for pastors and rabbis, FaithTrust Institute http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/Articles/guidelines-pastors-rabbis-domestic-violence.pdf Responding to domestic violence: guidelines for the secular advocates, FaithTrust Institute http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/downloads/guidelines_for_secular_advocates_copy1.pdf Speaking out: Faith communities and sexual assault, Connections, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Spring- Summer 2004 http://www.wcsap.org/pdf/Connections%20Faith.pdf The verse of abuse or the abused verse: Al-Qur’an 4:34, Muslim Women’s League http://www.mwlusa.org/publications/essays/abuseverse.htm Violence against women and the role of religion, Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune and Rabbi Cindy G. Enger, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, March 2005 http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/Research/VAWnetDocs/AR_VAWReligion.pdf When I call for help: A pastoral response to domestic violence against women – Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops – English – http://www.usccb.org/bishops/help.htm and Español – http://www.usccb.org/laity/helpsp.htm When violence comes home, RBC Ministries http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/ds/cb951/cb951.html Wife abuse in the Muslim community, Kamran Memon on ZAWAJ.COM http://www.zawaj.com/articles/abuse_memon.html Books Adams, Carol J., and Fortune, Marie, eds. Violence against women and children: a Christian theological sourcebook. New York: Continuum, 1995 Fortune, Marie. Keeping the faith: guidance for Christian women facing abuse. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1987 Gardsbane, Diane, ed. Embracing justice: a resource guide for rabbis on domestic abuse. Washington, DC: Jewish Women International, 2002 Gardsbane, Diane, ed. Healing & wholeness: a resource guide on domestic abuse in the Jewish community. Washington, DC: Jewish Women International, 2002 Kaufman, Carol Goodman. Sins of omission: the Jewish community's reaction to domestic violence: what needs to be done. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2003 Miles, Al. Foreword by Catherine Clark Kroeger. Domestic violence: what every pastor needs to know. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000 Miles, Al. Foreword by Marie Fortune. Violence in families: what every Christian needs to know. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002 National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence – www.ncdsv.org Revised August 2006 Violence Against Women and the Faith Community: Online Publications and Books Page 2 of 2 .