Linking sexuality & gender [[electronic resource] ] : naming violence against women in the United Church of Canada / / Tracy J. Trothen

• Autore: Trothen Tracy J (Tracy Joan), <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.8/3315/082
• Soggetto topico: Women - Crimes against - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada; Violence - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada; Sex - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada; Sex role - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references: p. 149-155.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; I: Methodology; II: The Development of The United Church of Canada's Approach to Human Sexuality; III: The Development of The United Church of Canada's Approach to Women's Roles and the Family; IV: Case Study: In God's Image...Male and Female; V: Case Study: Gift, Dilemma and Promise; VI: Case Study: The Task Force on the Changing Roles of Women and Men in Church and Society; VII: Taking Stock: A Contextual, Retrospective Look at Sexuality, Gender, Violence, and The United Church of Canada; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Why did it take so long for the United Church of Canada to respond to violence against women? Tracy J. Trothen looks at the United Church as a uniquely Canadian institution, and explores how it has approached gender and sexuality issues. She argues that how the Church deals with these issues influences its ability to name violence against women. In examining the Church's early approaches to gender and sexuality, Tracy J. Trothen discovered that the United Church had tended to see certain structures or roles as sacred and others as demonic. For example, while sex outside m
• Altri titoli varianti: Linking sexuality and gender
• Titolo autorizzato: Linking sexuality & gender
• ISBN: 1-280-92575-2; 9786610925759; 0-88920-579-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154563203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; ; no 9.