• Abusive Relationships and Christian Responsibility

Catalog description

Explores different types of intimate violence using research from communication, psychology, and sociology. Examines the history of domestic violence, the prevalence of intimate violence, cycles of violence, and secular and Christian responses. Evaluates choices informed by Christian values, education, and personal experience. Develops personal strategies for responding to intimate violence. Prerequisites: Senior standing; [ GES 149 or GES 160 ]; THE 201 ; [Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or Comparative Systems (G) course] or World Cultures (U) course]. Offered: Occasionally fall, January, spring.