AVA Recommended Reading
FOR PASTORS, COUNSELORS AND LEADERS:
Eugene, Toinette M. and James Poling. Balm for Gilead: Pastoral Care for African American Families Experiencing Abuse. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998.
Fortune, Marie and James Poling. “Calling to Accountability: The Church’s Response to Abusers,” Violence Against Women and Children: A Christian Theological Sourcebook. New York: Continuum Publishing, 1996.
Kroeger, Catherine Clark and Nancy Nason-Clark. No Place for Abuse: Biblical and Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press, 2001.
Leehan, James. Pastoral Care for Survivors of Family Abuse. Louisville: Westminister John Knox Press, 1989.
Miles, Al. Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2000.
Murphy, Nancy, God’s Reconciling Love: A Pastor’s Handbook on Domestic Violence. New York: Hayworth Press, 2004.
Nason-Clark, Nancy. The Battered Wife: How Christians Confront Family Violence. Louisville: Westminister John Knox Press, 1997.
Nason-Clark, Nancy, and Catherine Clark Kroeger. Refuge from Abuse. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
Turner, Patricia Gill, ed. Family Violence: A Religious Issue: A Study/Action Guide for Congregations. Atlanta: Justice for Women Office, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1988.
Poling, J. and Neuger, C. Men’s Work in Preventing Violence, New York, New York Haworth Pastoral Press
FOR LAY LEADERS, VICTIMS, SURVIVIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES:
Fortune, Marie M. Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1995.
Leehan, James. Defiant Hope: Spirituality for Survivors of Family Abuse. Louisville: Westminister John Knox Press, 1993.
Bass, E. and Davis, L. The Courage to Heal New York, New York Harper & Row 1988
Leehan and Wilson. Grown Up Abused Children Springfield Ill. C. Thomas
Gustin, Marilyn. The Courage to Change, Liguori, MO. Liguori Publications 1996
Bancroft, Lundy. When Dad Hurts Mom, New York, New York Putnam Sons
Poling, J. and Neuger, C. Men’s Work in Preventing Violence, New York, New York Haworth Pastoral Press
Allender, D. B. 1990. The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Colorado Springs, CO: Wounded Heart Ministries