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We Can't Ignore Rape in the Bible, Not If We Want to End Sexual Violence
By: Hannah Wilkinson | November 29, 2018
Women live with the real possibility of violence every day. And actually, that shared female experience shapes how I read and interpret the Bible, especially stories that include sexual violence.
How American Evangelicalism Has Been Weaponized Against Women
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | November 14, 2018
Like segregationists who supported white-supremacy biblically, supporters of gender roles also make their case from Scripture, reading male privilege into the text.
Eyes to See and Ears to Hear Women: Sexual Assault as a Crisis of Evangelical Theology
By: Tim Krueger, Jeff Miller, Mitch Randall | November 1, 2018
Several authors examine evangelical Christianity’s engagement with women, gender, sexuality, and abuse.
Muted Group Theory: A Tool for Hearing Marginalized Voices
By: Linda Lee Smith Barkman | October 31, 2018
Muted Group Theory (MGT) is a sociological tool that aids in the study of interactions between dominant and sub-dominant groups—including, but not limited to, men and women. MGT can help those who have become aware of dynamics between the powerful and the marginalized but do not have a clear framework for articulating this awareness
Theological Malpractice Stands Culpable in Sexual Abuse
By: Mitch Randall | October 25, 2018
When the church argues for complementarianism (men and women have specific roles that “complement” each other), this empowers men to believe they have a distorted right to treat women in a lesser role.
Complementarian Theology in Crisis
By: Kevin Giles | October 25, 2018
A critical analysis of complementarian interpretations of Scripture and the Trinity, as well as its impact and connection to the #MeToo movement.
Eyes to See and Ears to Hear Women
By: Tim Krueger | October 22, 2018
For too long, church leaders have failed to see the abuse in the church and failed to hear the women who cry out for justice.
There's A Woman in Your Pew Who's Been Abused. Do You See Her?
By: Marie H | October 11, 2018
[Trigger Warning] Why did he get to dispense God's grace? Did God's forgiveness of his sin minimize my suffering, my cry for justice? If I couldn’t take the wine from him, ought I to take it at all? How cruel—to demand that I partake in the body by submitting [...]
15 Books on Domestic Violence for Pastors, Believers, and Survivors
By: CBE International | October 9, 2018
Are you a pastor or spiritual leader who wants to help and not hurt? Is your church ready to study the link between theology and domestic violence? Here are fifteen resources on domestic violence.
5 Things the Bible Does (and Doesn't) Say About Modesty
By: Jill Richardson | October 8, 2018
Does the Bible really body-shame women? Does it exonerate men when they objectify women? Proponents will say they don’t exonerate men. Men are still guilty, but women, the victims of men’s objectification, are guilty too. But there’s a chasm of difference between “men are guilty, period” and “men and women are both [...]