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Religion, Gender, and Family Violence: When Prayers Are Not Enough brings together Canadian scholarship from sociology, law and religious studies in highlighting the perspectives of survivors, perpetrators, religious leaders, congregations and secular service providers.
About the author
Catherine Holtmann, Ph.D. (2013) is Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of New Brunswick and the Director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and is co-author of
Religion and Intimate Partner Violence: Understanding the Challenges and Proposing Solutions (Oxford, 2018).
Nancy Nason-Clark, Ph.D. (1984) is retired Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of New Brunswick. She is the author or editor of ten books, including
Men Who Batter (Oxford University Press, 2015) which she co-authored with Barbara Fisher-Townsend and
Religion and Intimate Partner Violence: Understanding the Challenges and Proposing Solutions (Oxford, 2018) which she co-authored with Fisher-Townsend, Holtmann and Steve McMullin.
Contributors are: Barbara Fisher-Townsend, Pascale Fournier, Catherine Holtmann, Eve Laoun, Yael Machtinger, Farah Malek-Bakouche, Steve McMullin, Nancy Nason-Clark, Susan Nunn, Susan Palmer, Emma Robinson, Jolyne Roy, Victoria Snyers.
