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Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | Spring 2013

The print + digital magazine of CBE International

Mutuality offers articles from diverse writers who share egalitarian theology and explore its intersection with everyday life.

Blog + Magazine Articles

The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of CBE International or its members.

Rape and Sexual Violence

Spring 2013

Volume: 20 | Number: 1

Rape and Sexual Violence

Part of our job as Christians who care about justice and mercy is not only to work to end rape, or sex trafficking, or pornography, but to also fight the ideas that allow them to become reality. That is the focus of this issue of Mutuality.

Contents

Editor's Note: Susan's Story
By: Megan Greulich | March 5, 2013
So, as women and men who belong to Jesus, how are we to respond to abuse? Over the last few years, CBE has been studying, discussing, and praying about the concept that “ideas have consequences.”

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Conduits of Extraordinary Compassion
Pastor Elaine Heath discusses the Bible’s hope for those who have suffered through sexual assault and how the church can become a safe place for survivors.

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Opprobrium
By: Olga Soler | March 5, 2013
Opprobrium (n.): The harsh criticism or public disgrace arising from shameful conduct.

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The World's Oldest Oppression
By: Vednita Carter | March 5, 2013
We need to open our eyes. We need to understand what has been happening to our sisters and daughters for too long.

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Is the Church Safe for Survivors? Examining the Church’s Role in Opposing Rape Culture
By: Laura Robinson | March 5, 2013
Sadly, Christians are just as likely as the rest of society to buy into rape culture and perpetuate rape myths. In an age in which one in four women are assault survivors, this means that twenty-five percent of women may not find the support that they desperately need in our churches.

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On Modesty and Male Privilege
By: Luke Harms | March 5, 2013
Perhaps instead of focusing on the culturally ambiguous standard of “modest dress” for women, we should worry more about our attitudes toward, and our objectification of, women. Instead of trying to place the blame on women for our own shortcomings, we should do the hard work of re-wiring our brains to remove the influences [...]

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50 Shades of Broken
By: Jenny Rae Armstrong | March 5, 2013
There are cultural, psychological, and even physiological reasons why some women gravitate toward threatening “heroes” or violent sexual fantasies.

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President's Message: Give us Eyes to See and Ears that Hear
By: Mimi Haddad | March 5, 2013
Injustice, abuse, and suffering are always the result of a distorted worldview. Fortunately, scholars recognize the consequences of interpretative errors.

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