Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence against Women

Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Notes on the Cover Illustration
Introduction
	Bibliography
Chapter 1 Pneumatology in the Time of #MeToo: An Exploration of the Spirit’s Role in Suffering
	1.1 Pentecostal Theology and the Problem of Suffering
	1.2 Sexual Violence as a Specific Form of Suffering
	1.3 The Presence of the Spirit in the Suffering of Women Who Experience Abuse
	1.4 Shelly Rambo’s Spirit and Trauma
		1.4.1 A Theology of the Middle Spirit
		1.4.2 Spirit as Breath, as Moving Differently in Time, and as Love
	1.5 Pentecostal Engagement with Rambo’s Pneumatological Proposal
		1.5.1 The Spirit and Witness
		1.5.2 The Spirit as Paraclete
	1.6 Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 2 Toxic Spirituality: Reexamining the Ways in Which Spiritual Virtues Can Reinforce Violence Against Women
	2.1 Toxic Spirituality
		2.1.1 Suffering: Spiritual Masochism
		2.1.2 Forgiveness: Cheap Grace
	2.2 Reweaving the Virtues: A Way Forward
		2.2.1 From Endurance to Empowerment
		2.2.2 From Forgiveness to Healing
	2.3 Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 3 Nevertheless, She Persisted: Freeing Women’s Bodies from Silent Theological Sacrifice Zones
	3.1 The Global Context
	3.2 Method
	3.3 Theological Sacrifice Zones?
	3.4 Domestic or Intimate Partner Violence
	3.5 Women’s Theologizing Spaces and Empowerment
	3.6 Sydney’s Fraternity of Confessing Anglicans
	3.7 Pentecostal Empowerment for Service in an Anglican Context
	3.8 Speaking Up: Fixing Her Eyes and Julia Baird
	3.9 Conclusions
	Bibliography
Chapter 4 Shaming the Men into Keeping Up with the Ladies: Constructing Pentecostal Masculinities
	4.1 Historiography: Studying Lay Experiences, Not Clergy
	4.2 Keeping Up with the Ladies: Benevolent Sexism
	4.3 Men’s Fellowship: Embracing Binary Gender Roles
	4.4 Masculine Tropes in paoc Publications
		4.4.1 Harnessing Niagara: The Power of Men’s Work
		4.4.2 When He Was Converted: The Power of Self-Control
	4.5 What Has the Postwar to Do with the Present?
	4.6 Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 5 Speak to the Heart: Orthopathic Hermeneutics and Telling the Whole Story of the Woman Cut into Pieces
	5.1 The Texts of Terror and Traditional Hermeneutics
		5.1.1 Orthopraxy, Orthodoxy, and the Woman of Judges 19
		5.1.2 Reception History
			5.1.2.1 Patristics
			5.1.2.2 Mainline
			5.1.2.3 Pentecostalism
			5.1.2.4 Feminism
		5.1.3 Redefining Power
	5.2 Orthopathy Applied
		5.2.1 Affections of/in the Text
			5.2.1.1 The Levite
			5.2.1.2 Narration
		5.2.2 An Orthopathic Example
	5.3 Conclusion: Give Us Eyes to Hear
	5.4 Epilogue: A Piece of My Story Is Part of Yours
	Bibliography
Chapter 6 Trouble in Paradise: Exploring Gender Roles and Violence against Women in Song of Songs 5:2–8
	6.1 The Female Lover in Song of Songs
	6.2 The Female Lover of Song 5:2–8
	6.3 Why Was She Assaulted?
	6.4 The Social Construction of Gender
	6.5 Conclusion: Implications for Pentecostal Hermeneutics
	Bibliography
Chapter 7 Miriam Toews’ Women Talking: A Call for Artistic Prophethood
	7.1 Women Talking!
	7.2 The Privileges and Responsibilities Given for Biblical Interpretation
		7.2.1 Leadership and Community Responses
		7.2.2 Community Membership
		7.2.3 Oppressive Patriarchy and the Biblical Interpretation
	7.3 Observations: A World According to Prophets and Artists
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Chapter 8 Shanghai Brothels, Spirit Baptisms: The Door of Hope Women as a Source for Pentecostal Ressourcement
	8.1 Pentecost at the Door of Hope
		8.1.1 Birth
		8.1.2 Pentecost
		8.1.3 Growth and Recession
	8.2 Pentecostal Resourcement at the Door of Hope
		8.2.1 Saved
		8.2.2 Sanctified
		8.2.3 Spirit-Filled
	8.3 Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 9 From Medical Kits to Fighting Rape as a Weapon of War: The Development of Scandinavian Pentecostal Medical Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	9.1 Scandinavian Pentecostal Medical Mission from 1920 to 1957
	9.2 The Development of Field Hospitals (1958–1999)
		9.2.1 Osvald Orlien and the Hospital at Kaziba
		9.2.2 celpa, cepac, and National Leadership
		9.2.3 New Medical Missionaries and the Nursing School at Kaziba
		9.2.4 Ingegerd Rooth, Svein Haugstvedt, and the Hospital at Lemera
		9.2.5 Denis Mukwege
		9.2.6 War and Violence
	9.3 Fighting Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War (1999–2020)
		9.3.1 camps
		9.3.2 join Good Forces
		9.3.3 Health for Congo
		9.3.4 Survivors of Sexual Violence Program
	9.4 Concluding Reflections
	Bibliography
Chapter 10 A Jesus Follower Responds: To Sexualized Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	10.1 Context
	10.2 An Interview with Dr. Mukwege
	10.3 Reflection and Conclusions
	Bibliography
Chapter 11 Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: Making Room for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
	11.1 Definitions and National Statistics
	11.2 Theo-Ethical Concerns for Pentecostal Communities of Faith
	11.3 Practical Measures for Pentecostal Communities
	Bibliography
Chapter 12 Toward a Rhetoric of the Spirit: Assault, Abuse, and a Theology of Women’s Empowerment
	12.1 Are Evangelicals and Pentecostals One and the Same?
	12.2 Evangelicals and Abuse
	12.3 Association of Gender Role Ideology and Rhetorical Patterns
	12.4 Pentecostal Theology and Empowerment for Service
	12.5 Women Leaders Restore the Church’s Credibility
	Bibliography
Chapter 13 The Shifting Face of Violence among Taiwanese Women in Confucian Society: A Charismatic Perspective with a Womanist Slant
	13.1 The Limits of Empowerment through Education
	13.2 The Shifting Face of Violence
	13.3 Taiwanese Charismatic Women under Confucianism and Conservative Evangelicalism
	13.4 Expanding Vocabulary as a Way to Confront Soft Violence
	13.5 Postscript
	Bibliography
Afterword
Appendix: Pentecostal Sisters Too: A Call to Redeem Our Bodies
	A Call to Redeem Our Bodies:Weeping in Sexual Brokenness and Walking in Sexual Holiness
	Preamble
	What We Affirm
	What We Stand Against
	What We Can Do
		A Call to Act
		A Request to Respond and Resource
Index