Saintly Women: Medieval Saints, Modern Women, and Intimate Partner Violence by Beverly Mayne Kienzle, Nancy Nienhuis

Saintly Women: Medieval Saints, Modern Women, and Intimate Partner Violence

Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture

Beverly Mayne Kienzle, Nancy Nienhuis

214 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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This ground-breaking volume assesses the contemporary epidemic of intimate partner violence and explores how and why cultural and religious beliefs serve to excuse battering and to work against survivors' attempts to find safety. Theological inter...

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