Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Churches as partners in institutionalised abuse: disarming the 'bible-bashers'
Other Titles:	Violence against women
Authors:	Hall, Fiona D
Keywords:	Religious groups
Year:	2006
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	(18), 2006
Notes:	Abuse affects all aspects of a person’s life including religious experience. Since the early 1990’s the avalanche of abuse complaints flowing from Australian church communities has shaken the country to its highest religious and vice-regal offices, and also deeply stained our national history. Church hierarchies use the Bible, and other control mechanisms to both justify church-perpetrated abuse and limit survivors’ options. This paper calls on survivors to turn the tables on the ’Bible-bashers’ by challenging how biblical material is used within church and community contexts, and also by unmasking the ideology and church rhetoric that has traditionally legitimised abuse.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13883
ISSN:	1077-8012
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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