I. Background -- Violence Against Women in Religious Communities: An Introduction -- Men's Violence against Women: An Overview -- Ecclesiastical Policies vs Lived Social Relationships: Gender Parity, Attitudes, and Ethics -- Exploring Women's Spiritual Struggles and Resources to Cope with Intimate Partner Aggression -- II. Working with Individuals within Religious Cultural Communities in the US -- "Sexual Savages:" Christian Stereotypes and Violence Against North America's Native Women -- Violence against Women in the Orthodox Jewish Community -- A Conservative Jewish Approach to Family Violence -- Intimate Partner Violence within Church Communities of African Ancestry -- Latino Protestants: Religion, Culture, and Violence Against Women -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Men's Violence Against Women -- Is There Peace within Our Walls? Intimate Partner Violence and White Mainline Protestant Churches in North America -- Addressing IPV in White Evangelical and Fundamentalist Churches -- An Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspective of Intimate Partner Violence -- The Amish Gemeinschaft Community: Pro-woman?- Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Church Communities -- Religion and Violence Against Women: The LDS Church -- Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches -- Violence Against Women in a Multiethnic Church -- Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities -- Violence Against Women through a Buddhist Lens -- Religious Syncretism and Intimate Partner Violence in the Chinese American Community -- (Un)Holy Connections? Understanding Woman Abuse in Hinduism -- Violence Against Women and Hmong Religious Beliefs -- Violence Against Women in the Sikh Community -- III. Best Practices in Working with Clergy and Religious Communities -- Consultation and Educational Programming -- Models of Collaboration between Community Service Agencies and Faith-Based Institutions -- Providing Hope in Faith Communities: Creating a Domestic Violence Policy for Families -- Conclusion. >.