Spiritual and religious abuse: Expanding what is known about domestic violence

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-295

  Bent Goodley, Tricia B ^a   Fowler, Dawnovise N ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Domestic violence; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745463548     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109906288901     Document Type: Article

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