The Bible and Abuse in Church and Community
Perspectives on Coercive Control and Hypermasculinity from Researchers and Practitioners
The Bible and Abuse in Church and Community
Perspectives on Coercive Control and Hypermasculinity from Researchers and Practitioners
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Description
This timely work addresses the problems of coercive control and hypermasculinity in church readings of the bible, examining the role that biblical texts play in the experiences of survivors and perpetrators of gender-based violence and domestic abuse.
The volume is entirely transdisciplinary in approach, including work from scholars representing biblical studies, practical theology and psychology as well as practitioners working as church leaders, charity workers, and social workers. The contributors consider ways in which university researchers working on the bible can assist in the practice of church and charity workers who actively support survivors of gender-based violence. The work also provides a space for academics to listen to the work of church and charity practitioners in order to reconsider and reshape future research agendas.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction - Holly Morse and Kirsi Cobb
Part One: Coercive Control
2. Introduction to Coercive Control - Kirsi Cobb
3. Yes, You Too: The Magdalene, the Madonna, and Conditioning for Coercion - Siobhán Jolley
4. 'Has No One Condemned You? Neither Do I.': Exploring Confession, Absolution, and Trauma Related Shame - Beth Keith.
5. Reflections on the Collaborative Process – Siobhán Jolley and Beth Keith
6. Male Indifference in the Curses on 'Daughter Babylon' in Psalm 137: 7-9 and Isaiah 47: 1-15 - Meghan Hansen.
7. Voices from the Ground: 'Church Is not a Safe Place for Me' - Robyn Riggans.
8. Reflections on the Collaborative Process - Meghan Hansen and Robyn Riggans
9. 'Why Doesn't She Just Leave?': An 'Applied Theatre' Approach to Engaging the Church with the Issue of Coercive Control - Matt Britton.
10. 'But Love Holds Me There': The Problem of the Theological Legitimation of Domestic Abuse through the Lens of 'Control' - Katie Cross.
11. Reflections on the Collaborative Process – Katie Cross and Matt Britton.
12. 'The Bible Is Filled with Landmines!': Exploring the Use of Biblical Discourses in Experiences of Coercion and Control - Lisa Oakley and Clea Wright
13. The Blind Onlooker: Psychosocial and Theological Reflections on Improving Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Churches - Colin Perkins.
14. Reflections on the Collaborative Process - Lisa Oakley and Colin Perkins.
Part 2: Hypermasculinity
15. Introduction to Hypermasculinity - Holly Morse
16. Reclaiming Our Families: Raising Children in a Toxic World – Bekah Legg
17. Onward Christian Soldier?: 'Biblical' Discourses of Hypermasculinity in the Promise Keepers' Recommended Reading, Tender Warrior - Charlotte Thomas
18. Reflections on the Collaborative Process – Bekah Legg and Charlotte Thomas
19. 'Preaching from Mars Hill': Mark Driscoll, Paul and the Inflected Rhetoric of Ideal Masculinity - Andrew Boakye.
20. Reflections on the Collaborative Process – Andrew Boakye and Ollie Lamping.
21. Confronting Hypermasculinity: Queering Representations of Jesus' Gender - Will Rose-Moore.
22. 'It's Raining Manliness': The Complex Interaction of Hyper-Masculine Ideals in the Gospel of John - Anna Budhi-Thornton.
23. Reflections on the Collaborative Process – Will Rose-Moore, Anna Budhi-Thornton and Claire Alison Hams.
24. Biblical Studies, Collaboration, and Reading in Practice: Some Final Reflections - Holly Morse and Kirsi Cobb.
Index
Product details
| Published | 04 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780567719379 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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