Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion

Caroline Blyth is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.Emily Colgan is Lecturer in Theology at Trinity Methodist Theological College, Auckland, New Zealand.Katie B. Edwards is Director of the Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies and Senior Lecturer in the School of English, University of Sheffield, UK.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Let Him Romance You: Rape Culture and Gender Violence in Evangelical Christian Self-Help Literature.- Chapter 3: Men’s Ministries and Patriarchy: From Sites of Perpetuation to Sites of Resistance – Robert Berra.- Chapter 4: The Royal Commission Investigates Child Sexual Abuse: Uncovering Cultures of Sexual Violence in the Catholic Church.- Chapter 5: The Church’s Contribution to Domestic Violence: Submission, Headship, and Patriarchy.- Chapter 6: Queer(y)ing the Violence of Christian Gender Discourses.- Chapter 7: Women’s Bodies and War: Bonhoeffer on Self-Assertion.- Chapter 8: Domestic Violence in Oceania: The Sin of Disobedience and the Violence of Obedience.- Chapter 9: Witnessing Trauma: A Counsellor’s Reflections on the Effects of Working with Survivors of Sexual Violence.- Chapter 10: There Are No Winners Here: A Pastor’s Response to Date Rape in the Church.- Chapter 11: Imago Dei and Fantasy Religions: Defeating Violence against Women throughout the Realms.- Chapter 12: Responding to Stories of Trauma.