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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464402903321

Autore

Gerhardt Elizabeth

Titolo

The cross and gendercide : a theological response to global violence against women and girls / / Elizabeth Gerhardt ; cover design Cindy Kiple ; interior design Beth Hagenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Downers Grove, Illinois : , : IVP Academics, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8308-8022-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

261.832

Soggetti

Girls - Crimes against

Women - Crimes against - Religious aspects - Christianity

Girls - Violence against

Women - Violence against

Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Epigraph""; ""1 A Point of Departure:The Cross and Global Violence Against Women and Girls""; ""2 The Numbers and the Stories: The Extent of the Violence""; ""3 A Short History: The Social, Religious and Political Roots of Violence Against Women and Girls""; ""4 The Cross and the Promise: God for Us""; ""5 Dietrich Bonhoefferâ€?s  Confession and Resistance: A Model for a Church Response to Gendercide""; ""6 Creative Theological Reflection and Activism: Working to End Gendercide""

""Bibliography""""Subject Index""; ""Praise for The Cross and Gendercide""; ""About the Author""; ""More Titles from InterVarsity Press""