Christian Men Who Hate Women [Paperback]

Rinck addresses primarily evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who may deny or excuse abuse of women and children under the guise of encouraging "biblical principles" of submission or who may use Christian teachings of the indissolubility of marriage as justification for remaining in abusive relationships. The book provides good, clear analysis of how such relationships develop and continue, and how both parties--and sometimes pastors or the church--collude in their continuance. The book also includes suggestions about therapeutic treatment and about the role of the local church.
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A clinical psychologist in private practice defines the relationships between men who hate women, examines in detail how these relationships begin and what happens in them, how both parties contribute to the dysfunction, and lastly, describes therapeutic treatment.

Christian Men Who Hate Women is a long-needed book about hurting relationships in Christian marriage -- the kind of marriage in which Christian women love men who hate them. Dr. Margaret Josephson Rinck stresses that since the subject of abuse "seems to be such a taboo in the Christian community," it's necessary for us all to become aware of our own views concerning abuse. Rinck examines in detail - how women-hating relationships begin - what happens in these relationships - how both parties contribute to the problem - the role of the church in such a relationship -- She writes that "we need to set women -- and men -- free from the terrible bondage that entraps them in patterns of misogynistic behavior and relationships." Nor should the blame be exclusively assigned to the "bad guy" in the relationship, she points out, because "both the man and woman . . . have learned early in life to respond to pain with different mechanisms." For men and women afflicted by misogyny, Christian Men Who Hate Women offers hope for reversing deeply established patterns of relating to and coping with cruelly.

Dr. Margaret Josephson Rinck is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cincinnati, OH, and the author of Can Christians Love Too Much?In addition to authoring numerous courses and audio programs on skills training and interpersonal relationships, she periodically conducts psychotherapy groups for "Women Who Love Too Much."