Bible and Abuse in Church and Community

Holly Morse is Senior Lecturer in Bible, Gender and Culture at the University of Manchester, UK.Kirsi Cobb is a Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Cliff College, UK.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPart One: Coercive ControlIntroduction - Holly Morse, The University of Manchester, UK and Kirsi Cobb, Cliff College, UK1. ‘Yes, You Too: The Magdalene, the Madonna, and Conditioning for Coercion.’ - Siobhán Jolley, National Gallery and Kings College, London, UK2. “‘Has No One Condemned You? Neither Do I.” Exploring Confession, Absolution, and Trauma Related Shame.’ - Beth Keith, St Mark’s Church in Sheffield, UKJolley and Keith: Reflections on the Collaborative Process3. Male Indifference in the Curses on ‘Daughter Babylon’ in Psalm 137: 7-9 and Isaiah 47: 1-15 - Meghan Hansen, independent scholar, UK4. Voices from the Ground: “Church Is not a Safe Place for Me.” - Robyn Riggans, Founder and CEO of WORTH (Women on the Road to Healing), UKHansen and Riggans: Reflections on the Collaborative Process5. “But Love Holds Me There”: The Problem of the Theological Legitimation of Domestic Abuse through the Lens of “Control.” - Katie Cross, University of Aberdeen, UK6. ‘“Why Doesn’t She Just Leave? An “Applied Theatre” Approach to Engaging the Church with the Issue of Coercive Control.’ - Matt Britton, theatre director, Press Red, UKCross and Britton: Reflections on the Collaborative Process7. ‘The Bible is Filled with Landmines!’ – Exploring the Use of Biblical Discourses in Experiences of Coercion and Control - Lisa Oakley, University of Chester, UK8. The Blind Onlooker: Psychosocial and Theological Reflections on Improving Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Churches - Colin Perkins, Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser, Diocese of Chichester, UKPerkins and Oakley: Reflections on the Collaborative ProcessPart Two: HypermasculinityIntroduction - Holly Morse, The University of Manchester, UK and Kirsi Cobb, Cliff College, UK13. Reclaiming our families: Raising Children in a Toxic World - Bekah Legg, CEO of Restored, UK14. Onward Christian Soldier? ‘Neo-Muscular’ Metaphor and ‘Biblical’ Discourses of Hypermasculinity in the Promise Keepers’ Tender Warrior - Charlotte Thomas, University of Exeter, UK15. Legg and Thomas: Reflections on the Collaborative Process 16. “Preaching from Mars Hill”: Mark Driscoll, Paul and the Inflected Rhetoric of Ideal Masculinity - Andrew Boakye, University of Manchester, UK17. Reflections on Men, Domestic Abuse and the Church - Ollie Lamping, Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service with Bracknell Forest Child Social Care and Bright Hope Church, Reading, UK18. Boakye and Lamping: Reflections on the Collaborative Process19. The Effects of Patriarchal Belief Systems Upon Males Born into High Control Religious Organisations - Claire Alison Hams, University of Chester, UK20. ‘Wanting a Macho Jesus’: A Crisis of Masculinity and the Cross - Will Moore, Westcott House, Cambridge, UK21. ‘It’s Raining Manliness’: The Complex Interaction of Hyper-Masculine Ideals in the Gospel of John’ - Anna Budhi-Thornton, University of Manchester, UK22. Hams, Moore and Budhi-Thornton: Reflections on the Collaborative Process23. Holly Morse and Kirsi Cobb: ConclusionIndex