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This book was written as a practical response to many ministers who approached the author after they did not know what to say to a woman suffering violence from her abusive husband. The focus and audience is the Christian community, and the particular issues that are raised in a Christian context. Although a pastor in a congregational setting is used in most examples, the recommendations can be...

1989, 207). In fact, one study found that “physically abusive husbands were more verbally aggressive than their wives” (see Ganley 1989, 207). In addition, the woman may sense that her partner is near to attacking and may precipitate a less lethal explosion: “When the anticipatory anxiety becomes intolerable, women sometimes act to precipitate the inevitable assault” (Hilberman 1980, 1339). Furthermore, a man may be upset about his partner’s verbal response to him, but this is not battering: “These
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