Date
4-17-2024
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)
Chair
John A. King
Keywords
abusers, intimate partner violence, perpetrators, faith-based, victims, domestic
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Wallace, Tara D., "A Phenomenological Study of Faith Community Culture Contributing to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5345.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5345
Abstract
Acceptance of domestic and intimate partner violence is recognized as occurring in the lives of survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence when they are counseled to return to the environment where their abuse occurred. Acceptance is also recognized as occurring in the lives of perpetrators of domestic and intimate partner violence when their behavior is made known to anyone outside of their environment and the perpetrator’s behavior towards their victims is sheltered, protected, excused, or enabled. In both instances, no efforts are made to change, correct, or stop abusive behavior. Research indicates interaction with the faith community in response to episodes of domestic and intimate partner violence is one significant connection between the survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence and the perpetrators of domestic and intimate partner violence. This phenomenological study will evaluate the experiences of perpetrators seeking support from the faith community to understand the role the church or church culture may have in responding to domestic and intimate partner violence.
