{"product_id":"linking-sexuality-and-gender-naming-violence-against-women-in-the-united-church-of-canada-9780889204249","title":"Linking Sexuality and Gender  Naming Violence against Women in The United Church of Canada","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy did it take so long for the United Church of Canada to respond to violence against women? Tracy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e``In her thorough examination of The United Church of Canada's view of gender and sexuality and how they intertwine with the Church's stance on violence against women, Trothen provides invaluable description and appraisal as well as crucial analytical tools that can be used to probe these issues in other contexts. This well-written book promises to be significant for anyone interested in understanding how churches might grapple with their own complicity in violence against women.'' -- Pamela Dickey Young, Head, Department of Religious Studies, Queen's University, Kingston\u003cbr\u003e``Tracy Trothen provides a unique ethical study of key arenas in sexuality and social order. She digs into the archives of one religious institution, The United Church of Canada, to illumine how violence against women -- eventually, and with much struggle -- made it onto the agenda as a moral issue mandating concerted response. With a vibrant feminist approach, Trothen offers crucial resources to assess structural dynamics whereby issues of gender and sexuality, in particular male violence against women, are elided or named as ethical and theological issues. Her clear voice of advocacy admirably encourages intellectual and pastoral practices of justice-seeking as the heart of social ethics.'' -- Marilyn J. Legge, associate professor of Christian ethics,Emmanuel College, Victoria University, Toronto\u003cbr\u003e``A careful examination of how one institution was able to take a courageous look at the way in which it was systematically promoting gender-based inequality and injustice through both its belief and its practices....While providing a window into the history and workings of one particular denomination, this book is worth the read even if one is not a member. Trothen's discussions of the various factors that have sustained an environment that is oppressive toward women -- a moral code that is based too much on sexual acts rather than on relationships, the dualistic thinking emerging from the spirit\/body split, an over-emphasis on the preservation of family -- are worthy of serious reflection.'' -- Richard J. Gilmartin, Southdown Institute, Toronto Journal of Theology -- 200409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLinking Sexuality and Gender: Naming Violence against Women in the United Church of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e by Tracy Trothen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Abbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.Methodology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor's Standpoint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEthical Framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.The Development of The United Church of Canada's Approach to Human Sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirth Control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRedemptive Homes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Marital Relationship and Marriage Breakdown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePornography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbortion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.The Development of The United Church of Canada's Approach to Women's Roles and the Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefinition of Family and Gender Roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen and Ordination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen's Church Groups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"\"New Freedoms\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4.Case Study: \u003ci\u003eIn God's Image...Male and Female\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess, Methodology and Working Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheological Claims\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScientific and Experiential Claims\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiblical Authority and Hermenuetics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEthical Decisionmaking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntimacy and Sexual Exclusivity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSexism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.Case Study: \u003ci\u003eGift, Dilemma and Promise\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess, Methodology and Working Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSexuality and Selfhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntimacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSexism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorking Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent Methodology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6.Case Study: The Task Force on the Changing Roles of Women and Men in Church and Society \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMandate and Purpose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMembership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSexism Is the Issue: Naming Feminism and Theological Method\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstitutional Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e.\"\"\u003ci\u003eStructures and Systems\u003c\/i\u003e\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInclusive Language and Imagery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePornography and Other Forms of Male Violence Against Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNetworking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1984 General Council and \"\"Sacred Space\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7.Taking Stock: A Contextual, Retrospective Look at Sexuality, Gender, Violence and The United Church of Canada \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Summary of Some Emerging Policies and Protocols, 1982-93\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe United Church of Canada Located in the Wider Canadian Context: Prophetic or Followers?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Summary of the Factors that Blocked or Contributed to the Recognition of Violence against Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman Sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Family and Gender Roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritique\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MP-WLU Wilfrid Laurier Uni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863070081367,"sku":"9780889204249","price":35.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780889204249.jpg?v=1759919533","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/linking-sexuality-and-gender-naming-violence-against-women-in-the-united-church-of-canada-9780889204249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}