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The cry of Tamar : violence against women and the Church's response / Pamela Cooper-White.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2012]Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (x, 342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781451424423
  • 1451424426
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cry of Tamar.DDC classification:
  • 261.8/32 23
LOC classification:
  • BT704 .C66 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Power and violence against women -- Images of women: pornography and the connection to violence -- Sexual harassment and stalking -- Rape and sexual assault -- Battering -- Sexual abuse by clergy -- Sexual abuse of children -- The pastors as "wounded healer" -- Ministry with men who use violence -- Empowering women -- Reconciliation: moving beyond individual forgiveness to communal justice.
Summary: In this comprehensive, practical, and gripping assessment of various forms of violence against women, Pamela Cooper-White challenges the Christian churches to examine their own responses to the cry of Tamar in our time. She describes specific forms of such violence and outlines appropriate pastoral responses. The second edition of this groundbreaking work is thoroughly updated and examines not only where the church has made progress since 1995 but also where women remain at unchanged or even greater risk of violence.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
E-resource ULS E-Resources ULS E-resource Project Muse Phl. and Rel. 2012 Sup. 2 BT704 .C66 2012eb Available ocn852160146

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-329) and indexes.

Power and violence against women -- Images of women: pornography and the connection to violence -- Sexual harassment and stalking -- Rape and sexual assault -- Battering -- Sexual abuse by clergy -- Sexual abuse of children -- The pastors as "wounded healer" -- Ministry with men who use violence -- Empowering women -- Reconciliation: moving beyond individual forgiveness to communal justice.

Print version record.

In this comprehensive, practical, and gripping assessment of various forms of violence against women, Pamela Cooper-White challenges the Christian churches to examine their own responses to the cry of Tamar in our time. She describes specific forms of such violence and outlines appropriate pastoral responses. The second edition of this groundbreaking work is thoroughly updated and examines not only where the church has made progress since 1995 but also where women remain at unchanged or even greater risk of violence.

English.

Project MUSE Project Muse 2012 Philosophy and Religion Supplement II

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