'Submit to your husbands': Women told to endure domestic violence in the name of God, Julia Baird and Hayley Gleeson, abc.net.au, July 18,2017

A type of domestic abuse rarely discussed in Australia is that of spiritual abuse, where an abuser uses/misuses religious teachings and doctrines to abuse and/or control another person. "...concern has been growing amongst those working with survivors of domestic violence about the role the Christian Church of all denominations can either consciously or inadvertently play in allowing abusive men to continue abusing their wives." Neither is this restricted to Christianity, but is common to all patriarchal, hierarchical religions where men dominate the power structures and women are restricted to subordinate and supportive roles. This lengthy and well researched article looks at this issue in the context of the Christian Church in great detail, and contains a link to part one in the series - Domestic Violence and Islam.  Find the article here.