Religion and Violence: Bibliography for Religious Women and Violence

The Relationship between Religious Attitude and Domestic Violence against Women of Reproductive Age

Background & aim: Domestic violence is a socio-cultural problem. According to the literature, it has been concluded that various economic, educational, and professional issues have an impact on the severity of the violence against women. The question is whether religious tendencies can correlate with the severity and duration of violence. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship ...

P-151: Violence Against Women and Children:Causes, Challenges and Prevention

Background: Violence against women is a problem of public health on a global scale. Two decades of international research organizations including the World Health Organization show the problem of violence against women is more serious and more common than was previously considered. These studies aimed to investigate, the most common causes of violence against women and prevention strategy from ...

Religious and spiRitual dimensions of tRaumatic Violence

Events of the past decade, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, clergy sexual abuse scandals, high-profile violence against women and minority groups, and ongoing combat in many areas of the world have focused attention on the prevalence and impact of traumatic violent events. Simultaneously, people’s frequent “turn to religion” (Schuster et al., 2007) after such events has raised m...

A Study on the Relationship between Religion and Violence towards Children and Parents

       Religiosity and adherence to the principles and values of families and religious factors decrease the domestic violence towards children in families. This study investigates the relationship between religiosity, parental violence toward children in Ahvaz. The study population consisted of all boys and girls (high school students) and their parents. By multi-stage cluster sampling method,...

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