Rape: The Horrific Tale of Two Surveys
Earlier this week, the Burlington Free Press broke the story about the circulation of a provocative online survey among members of Sigma Phi Epsilon — the largest fraternity at the University of...
View ArticleDavid, Bathsheba, Grace, and AIDS
In the 31 years since the discovery of HIV and AIDS, nearly 30 million people have died from the virus with 34 million people currently living with the disease.The epidemic is at its worst in...
View ArticleDavid, Bathsheba, and the AIDS Pandemic: A Video Scriptural Reflection
Eric Barreto, an assistant professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minn., explains how the story of David and Bathsheba relates to our modern-day struggle to end the oppression of...
View ArticleWeapons of Terror
When the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the world was ushered into a period of weapons paranoia. The Cold War, of course, was hallmarked by...
View ArticleBullet-Proof Gospel
Death threats haven't stopped Rev. James Byensi, a Congolese pastor, from seeking peace in his homeland.read more
View ArticleInternational Women's Day: A Christian Response to Violence Against Women
March 8 was designated as International Women’s Day by the United Nations in 1975. While the world has seen significant progress in rights and empowerment for women and girls, sexual and gender-based...
View ArticleRape Culture: How Our Scorn for Self-Control Drowns Out ‘No’
It’s easy to look at the now-infamous Steubenville case and see a Penn State writ small — a story of rape in the social-media age. What’s harder to see in Steubenville is ourselves. Yet the moral...
View Article'I Believe You:' The Silence and the Shame of Sexual Violence in Church
Several years ago, Amee Paparella was an eager student at a state university in Ohio. A conservative Christian, she quickly signed up to join the campus ministry. What she found in the group surprised...
View ArticleIn the Image of God: Sex, Power, and ‘Masculine Christianity’
Most of us are too familiar with this story: an Upper Midwestern Baptist minister claims that “God made Christianity to have a masculine feel [and] ordained for the church a masculine ministry.” Or a...
View ArticleIt's Time for Outrage: Sexual Violence and the Church
Violence against women is the most prevalent and the most hidden injustice in our world today. From rape as a weapon of war, to human trafficking, to the attack of a young girl seeking an education,...
View ArticleWomen, Voice, and Pentecost
Consider in the past year alone, America has wrestled over the injustice of forced vaginal probe ultrasounds. We have had our own deep cultural apathy revealed as the media tipped their sympathies...
View ArticleIt's Time for Outrage: Sexual Violence and the Church
May 16, 2013 Related Author: Jim Wallis Press Source: The Huffington Post Source Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-wallis/its-time-for-outrage-sexu_b_3287287.html Violence against women is the...
View Article10 Myths of Abuse in the Church
Editor’s Note: As we continue reporting on the important topic of sexual abuse and violence, Sojourners has opened up the Sexual Violence and the Church blog series for submissions. This piece is one...
View ArticleTo Tell the Truth: The Courage to Speak Out Against Respected Men
Editor’s Note: As we continue reporting on the important topic of sexual abuse and violence, Sojourners has opened up the Sexual Violence and the Church blog series for submissions. This piece is one...
View ArticleThe Biblical Imperative to Speak Out on Sexual Violence and Keep Our Churches...
We have learned from the crisis at Penn State University and other incidents that have gained national attention that it is not only religious authorities that turn a blind eye to abuses of power. The...
View Article'From The Beginning:' Addressing the Roots of Sexual Violence in the Church
Editor’s Note: As we continue reporting on the important topic of sexual abuse and violence, Sojourners has opened up the Sexual Violence and the Church blog series for submissions. This piece is one...
View Article‘How Far Is Too Far?:’ Sexuality and Sexual Violence on Christian Campuses
Unfortunately, sexual violence on college campuses is a widespread reality. As many as 20-25 percent of women will face attempted or completed assault over the course of their college tenure. Contrary...
View ArticleBilly Graham’s Grandson: Evangelicals ‘Worse’ Than Catholic Church on Sex Abuse
The Christian mission field “is a magnet” for sex abusers, Boz Tchividjian, a Liberty University law professor who investigates abuse said Thursday to a room of journalists.While comparing evangelicals...
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