Concilium 1994/1 Violence against Women

Introduction / Elisabeth Schu ssler Fiorenza – I. Violence against women : exploring sociocultural analysis and gender construction. Because of the angels : sexual violence and abuse / Joanne Carlson Brown – Prostitution and rape in the colonial period / Zilda Fernandes Ribeiro – Violence and justice / Beatrix Schiele – African-American women in three contexts of domestic violence / Delores S. Williams – Feminine socialization : women as victims and collaborators / Mary John Mananzan – Of monsters and dances : masculinity, white supremacy, ecclesial practice / Mark Taylor. II. Violence against women : exploring gender construction. ‘Go and suffer oppression!’ said God’s messenger to Hagar / Irmgard Fischer – Ecclesiastical violence : witches and heretics / E. Ann Matter – Maria Goretti : rape and the politics of sainthood / Eileen J. Stenzel – Violence against women : strategies of resistance and sources of healing in Christianity / Felisa Elizondo – Clergy misconduct : sexual abuse in the ministerial relationship / Marie M. Fortune. Editorial reflections / M. Shawn Copeland. Special column: Conversation between Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti, and Dorothe So lle, 2 September 1993.