TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trothen,Tracy J.
TI  - Linking Sexuality and Gender: Naming Violence against Women in The United Church of Canada
SN  - 9780889205796
AV  - BX9881 .T76 2006 
U1  - 241.66 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Waterloo
PB  - Wilfrid Laurier University Press
KW  - United Church of Canada
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Église unie du Canada
KW  - fast
KW  - Women
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Violence
KW  - Sex
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Rôle selon le sex
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Sexualité
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Crimes contre
KW  - Rôle selon le sexe
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Ethics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; I: Methodology; Author's Standpoint; Ethical Framework; II: The Development of The United Church of Canada's Approach to Human Sexuality; Birth Control; Redemptive Homes; The Marital Relationship and Marriage Breakdown; Pornography; Abortion; Concluding Remarks; III: The Development of The United Church of Canada's Approach to Women's Roles and the Family; Definition of Family and Gender Roles; Women and Ordination; Women's Church Groups; "New Freedoms"; Concluding Remarks; IV: Case Study: In God's Image Male and Female; Process, Methodology and Working StyleTheological Claims; Scientific and Experiential Claims; Biblical Authority and Hermenuetics; Ethical Decision Making; Intimacy and Sexual Exclusivity; Sexism; Concluding Remarks; V: Case Study: Gift, Dilemma and Promise; Process, Methodology and Working Style; Sexuality and Selfhood; Sexual Morality; Marriage; Intimacy; Sexism; Concluding Remarks; Working Style; History; Content Methodology; VI: Case Study: The Task Force on the Changing Roles of Women and Men in Church and Society; Mandate and Purpose; Membership; Sexism Is the Issue: Naming; Feminism and Theological MethodInstitutional Reform; "Structures and Systems"; Inclusive Language and Imagery; Pornography and Other Forms of Male Violence against Women; Networking; 1984 General Council and "Sacred Space"; Concluding Remarks; VII: Taking Stock: A Contextual, Retrospective Look at Sexuality, Gender, Violence, and The United Church of Canada; A Summary of Some Emerging Policies and Protocols, 1982-93; The United Church of Canada Located in the Wider Canadian Context: Prophetic or Followers?; A Summary of the Factors That Blocked or Contributed to the Recognition of Violence against WomenHuman Sexuality; The Family and Gender Roles; Critique; Solidarity; Concluding Remarks; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y
N2  - Why did it take so long for the United Church of Canada to respond to violence against women? Tracy J. 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. In examining the Church's early approaches to gender and sexuality, Tracy J. Trothen discovered that the United Church had tended to see certain structures or roles as sacred and others as demonic. For example, while sex outside marriage was bad o
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