Violência doméstica: desafios do atendimento pastoral

Abstract

The present work proposes a reflection on domestic violence, aiming to address the methods used by pastoral counseling, analyzing its activity to prevent and combat this phenomenon in the religious environment, seeking to reflect on public policies that seek to combat domestic violence, guaranteeing the preservation of victims' rights, Contextualize the importance of pastoral counseling in the challenge of developing actions that promote the fight against domestic violence. The question that should be reflected on is how the evangelical Churches have been facing this problem, what support and what orientations have they provided to their faithful during pastoral care? Public policies to combat domestic violence must be inserted in the religious environment as a way to protect and guide women about the abuse they may suffer.