Is this another issue where it can be argued that unconscious patriarchal assumptions and values within the church are causing damage to many women?
Last edited 13 hours ago by Simon Dawson
Pam Wilkinson
14 hours ago
The response Sally received from her Church (repent, drop the charges) was indeed cruel. And her recovery, equipping her to build a programme to help other women, a cause for rejoicing and admiration. She asked why God had given her friends at church what she desired (a happy marriage) when she “had been given a husband who would spend our 13-year marriage abusing me and my children? I find this a troubling question. Reminds me of a woman who told me she had “lost her faith” when she’d lost a beloved child to cancer and wanted nothing more to do with a… Read more »
Sally Hope has written an excellent article on the dark shadow of domestic abuse.
Women are too often expected to suffer in silence and a much wider and tougher discussion is needed on the subject.
On this matter, it seems to me that all of us – whatever our theological position – can and must work together.
Helen King is to be thanked for calling us to face these issues.
Peter
Is this another issue where it can be argued that unconscious patriarchal assumptions and values within the church are causing damage to many women?
The response Sally received from her Church (repent, drop the charges) was indeed cruel. And her recovery, equipping her to build a programme to help other women, a cause for rejoicing and admiration. She asked why God had given her friends at church what she desired (a happy marriage) when she “had been given a husband who would spend our 13-year marriage abusing me and my children? I find this a troubling question. Reminds me of a woman who told me she had “lost her faith” when she’d lost a beloved child to cancer and wanted nothing more to do with a… Read more »