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Reweaving the Relational Mat: A Christian Response to Violence Against Women from Oceania

Reweaving the Relational Mat: A Christian Response to Violence Against Women from Oceania

Filemoni-Tofaeono, Joan
Johnson, Lydia

Paperback

Series: Religion and Violence

Religion General General Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1845532112
ISBN13: 9781845532116
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 1 2006
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Reweaving the Relational Mat is an integrative response to the problem of violence against women which grounds theological and sociological analysis in the praxis of Oceanian Christian women's experiences of violence. It focuses on the collusion of the church in the problem of violence against women by critiquing the ways in which its theology and practices have contributed to 'power-over' ways of relating. Employing the Oceanian metaphor of weaving the mat, the analysis 'unravels' the 'patriarchal relational mat, ' paving the way for a constructive 'reweaving' of a Christocentric 'egalitarian relational mat.' The study begins by unravelling the correlation between violence and the ideology of patriarchy. It then highlights the various strands of violence against women, and examines the complex mosaic of socio-cultural sources and manifestations of violence against women in Oceania. This leads to an analysis of the interwoven strands of religion and violence, focusing particularly on the church's captivity to patriarchy.

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