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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018158703321

Titolo

Abuse in World Religions : Towards Solutions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

1-04-042203-9

1-003-32417-7

1-04-042205-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 pages)

Collana

Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible Series

Disciplina

200.19

Soggetti

Sex crimes - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Judaism: (Re)deploying Male Texts to Combat a Mostly Male Problem? Rabbinic Law and American Jewish Resistance to Sexual Abuse -- 2. Hinduism: Dynamic Resistance to Violence and Abuse: Examples from Hinduism -- 3a. Christianity: Accompanying Survivors of Sexual Harm: Responses, Activism, and Resistance to Sexual Harm within Christian Contexts -- 3b. Christianity: Forging Biblical Interpretive Resilience in the Face of Bible-based Spiritual Abuse -- 4. Islam: Dynamic Resistance to Spiritual Abuse: Strategies and Innovations in Muslim Contexts -- 5. Sikhi(sm): From Sikhi Spiritual Abuse to Sikhi Spiritual Healing -- Index of Authors Cited -- Index of Persons and Subjects -- Index of References to Sacred Texts.

Sommario/riassunto

This book draws attention to the texts, mechanisms, and initiatives that address and combat such forms of sexual(ised) spiritual abuse, and appeals to academics and students of religious studies with interest in rape culture and spiritual abuse seeking to understand and to confront spiritual abuse and rape culture in their own communities.