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Subject(s)

• Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible—Influence [Browse]
• Gender-based violence—Religious aspects—Christianity [Browse]
• Gender-based violence—Botswana [Browse]
• Sex role—Biblical teaching [Browse]
• Sex crimes—Botswana—Religious aspects [Browse]
• Women—Violence against—Botswana [Browse]
• Women—Botswana—Social conditions [Browse]

Homosaurus term(s)

• Gender roles [Browse]
• Role behavior [Browse]
• Sexual violence [Browse]

Series

Rape culture, religion and the Bible. [More in this series]

Summary note

"The Bible and Gender-based Violence in Botswana foregrounds the rampancy of gender-based violence against women and girls in biblical texts and how it resonates with GBV in the author's contemporary context of Botswana. The volume reads selected texts from the Bible alongside newspaper reports of GBV against women and girls in Botswana to show that while the Bible is taken as an authoritative text within the Botswana context, it is riddled with GBV against female persons. It asserts that by acknowledging and naming GBV in biblical texts and not concealing, ignoring, or spiritualizing it, contemporary communities of faith will be able to confront the problem in these contexts. By so doing, the book argues, the Bible will become a resource for positive transformation rather than a tool for supporting gender injustice. The book appeals to everyone willing to see positive change in regard to gender in/equality and is intended for a wide readership including researchers, postgraduates, church and other representatives of religious institutions, and upper-level undergraduates"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

"Routledge Focus" -- from cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• A contextual background
• Establishing the gap : the Bible and GBV in context
• Gender-based violence : endemic in Biblical texts and in Botswana context
• A way forward.

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ISBN

• 9781032101927 (hardcover)
• 103210192X (hardcover)
• 9781032101941 (paperback)
• 1032101946 (paperback)

LCCN

2023054861

OCLC

1409396782

RCP

N - S

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