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The Bible and Gender-based Violence in Botswana

The Bible and Gender-based Violence in Botswana

Hardcover

Series: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible

Religion General Bible Studies

ISBN10: 103210192X
ISBN13: 9781032101927
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 12 2024
Pages: 89
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Bible and Gender-based Violence in Botswana foregrounds the rampancy of gender-based violence against women and girls in biblical texts and how it resonates with gender-based violence (GBV) in the author's contemporary context of Botswana.

The volume reads selected texts from the Bible alongside newspaper reports of GBV against women and girls in Botswana to show that while the Bible is taken as an authoritative text within the Botswana context, it is riddled with GBV against female persons. It asserts that by acknowledging and naming GBV in biblical texts and not concealing, ignoring, or spiritualizing it, contemporary communities of faith will be able to confront the problem in these contexts. By so doing, the book argues, the Bible will become a resource for positive transformation rather than a tool for supporting gender injustice.

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