Bible and Gender-Based Violence in Botswana

This book foregrounds the rampancy of gender-based violence against women and girls in biblical texts and how it resonates with GBV in the contemporary context of Botswana and is intended for a wide readership including researchers, postgraduates, church and other representatives of religious institutions, and upper-level undergraduates.

List of contents

Acknowledgments 1. A Contextual Background 2. Establishing the Gaps: The Bible and GBV in Context 3. Gender-based Violence: Endemic in Biblical Texts and Botswana Context 4. A Way Forward Index

About the author

Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe is a Senior Lecturer of the Hebrew Bible at the University of Botswana. She is a Humboldtian Research Fellow in Germany, and the author of "Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse" in Reaves, J., Tombs, D. and Figueroa, R. (Eds.), When Did We See You Naked (2021).

Summary

This book foregrounds the rampancy of gender-based violence against women and girls in biblical texts and how it resonates with GBV in the contemporary context of Botswana and is intended for a wide readership including researchers, postgraduates, church and other representatives of religious institutions, and upper-level undergraduates.

Product details

• Authors: Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032101927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210192-7
• No. of pages: 89
• Series: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Botswana, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BIBLES / General, Bibles, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Violence in society, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Violence and abuse in society