Faith communities resources

Downloads

Here’s some helpful downloads.

• ACTS review of DA resources available to churches
  ACTS Church & Society Network, 30 October 2006
  Domestic Abuse: Resources Available to Churches in Scotland.
• Church of Scotland report to GA 2003
  Church of Scotland: Church and Society Council report to the General Assembly 2006 on Domestic Abuse.
• Out of the Shadows
  A Scottish research project on domestic abuse, launched as a response to the aims and challenges of the World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence.
• Violence against women liturgy
  Violence against women liturgy – Scottish Episcopal Church.
• WCC Project on Overcoming Violence 2006
  A summary of the dispersed WCC Project on Overcoming Violence Against Women in Scotland.
• Worship to end domestic violence
  Adapted by the Scottish Episcopal Church from a worship created by Jane Stranz for the World Council of Churches.

Web links

Links to other sites with lots of info on what faith communities can do to stop domestic violence.

• Jewish Women’s Aid
• Amina – The Muslim Women’s Advice Centre
• Scottish Interfaith Council
• Coordinated Community Response Model Online Toolkit (see section 5.2 – Faith groups)
• Praying for Peace Toolkit – an initiative of the Greater London Domestic Violence Project
• Religions for Peace ‘Restoring Dignity – A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women’
• Belief in Dialogue: Religion and Belief Relations in Scotland: Good Practice Guide
• Church of England: ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse: Guidelines for those with pastoral responsibility’
• What Islam Really Says About Domestic Abuse: Shaykh Amer Jamil
• Streams of Grace (World Council of Churches): good practice guide developed by churches around the world
• Adventist Campaign: ‘End it now – Adventists Say No To Violence Against Women’
• National Resource Centre on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Resources on religion and domestic abuse
• Methodist Church: Report and Guidelines for good practice when working with domestic abuse
• Stonewall research ‘Love Thy Neighbour – what people of faith really think about homosexuality’

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