Defining and Enabling ‘Justice’ for Victims/Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: The Views of Practitioners Working within Muslim, Jewish and Catholic Faiths

The article is based on a qualitative field study of how justice (in its wider sense) is understood by practitioners and religious leaders from Judaism, Islam and Christianity, who work with victims of domestic violence and abuse. The article focuses on two key questions: a) how do practitioners fro...

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Published in:Religion & gender
Authors: Aghtaie, Nadia (Author) ; Abrahams, Hilary 1941- (Author) ; Hester, Marianne 1955- (Author) ; Mulvihill, Natasha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Religion & gender
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Judaism / Catholic church / Religious leader / Religion / Assessment / Justice
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BH Judaism
BJ Islam
CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Islam
B spiritual abuse
B Judaism
B religious justice
B Catholicism
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Summary:The article is based on a qualitative field study of how justice (in its wider sense) is understood by practitioners and religious leaders from Judaism, Islam and Christianity, who work with victims of domestic violence and abuse. The article focuses on two key questions: a) how do practitioners from the three faith communities conceptualise justice in relation to domestic violence and abuse (DVA)? b) how far do these practitioners believe that victims of DVA have access to justice within their respective faith communities? The findings suggest that the concept of structural spiritual abuse should be given more attention by the DVA literature and also by those who are working with women of faith.
ISSN:1878-5417
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion & gender
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18785417-20200001