"This pamphlet is for anyone who may be experiencing domestic violence in the intimacy of their own home." -- p. 2.
Contents: There are a few things you need to know about domestic violence -- Where can you turn for help ? What can you do to help yourself ? -- What about my marriage vows "to love and to cherish, till death do us part" ?
Later edition FM 1899 c2007 entitled "Eleven little lies about domestic abuse".
Author is an Episcopal priest who "has served on the board of a women's shelter in Frederick [Maryland]". -- p. [6].
"Prepared for Ecumenical Family Ministries" -- verso of t.-p.
"This training package is an attempt on the part of an inter-church group, Ecumenical Family Ministries, to address some realities that volunteer and professional care workers face when the fact of family violence is recognized" -- Intro. p. 7.
Includes bibliographical references.
Annotated bibliography: p. 75-77.
Donna Hunter of Anglican Diocese of Toronto is acknowledged as one of the individuals who supported the author in its writing on p. 8 of the Introduction.
"The majority of women in the United States were raised in Christian homes, or as adults have affiliated themselves with a Christian church. This is a sociological reality. Therefore, when a woman is battered by a member of her family, she will likely bring to that experience her background and values as a Christian woman. Also likely is that her experience of violence in her family will be not only a physical and emotional crisis but also a spiritual crisis" -- Preface, p. 2.