"Anything with two heads is a monster": Religious leaders' perspectives on marital equality and domestic violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1169-1190

  Levitt, Heidi M ^a   Ware, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Egalitarianism; Intimate partner violence; Religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLERGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ATTITUDE; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; JUDAISM; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MARRIAGE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33750486532     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206293546     Document Type: Article

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