Women's Stolen Voices in Marriage in Ghana: The Role of Gender, Culture, and Religion in Intimate Partner Violence

As the social obligation of churches, diakonia entails both speech and deeds. This article focuses on investigating how churches address social problems of intimate partner violence from the perspectives of ten female survivors of intimate partner violence. I used the case-study narrative method. Fu...

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Main Author: Stiles-Ocran, Elorm (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2021
In: Diaconia
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-197
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NCC Social ethics
NCF Sexual ethics
RK Charity work
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