Citation

Bloom A. Med. Anthropol. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01459740.2020.1860961

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

For immigrants from Latin America experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the United States, complex systems, exclusionary policies, and xenophobia create additional layers of suffering. However, based on ethnographic research among immigrant survivors, I show how the combination of secular IPV services with evangelical Christian practices can lead to positive personal growth in the wake of such hardship - a form of personal development that Richard Tedeschi and colleagues refer to as "posttraumatic growth." By demonstrating these concrete effects of religion on survivor experiences, I highlight the importance of IPV services that are attentive to the potentialities of faith.

Language: en

Keywords

mental health; Latin America; immigration; Intimate Partner Violence; religion; Christianity; Cristianismo; inmigración; Latinoamérica; religión; salud mental; Violencia de pareja