The Marys of the Bible. Boaz Johnson

• Тип: Текст
• Автор: Boaz Johnson
• Издательство: Ingram(2020)
• ISBN: 9781532659386
• Язык: Английский

• Жанры: Биографии и мемуары

The #MeToo movement is a global phenomenon. Several Christian organizations have been engaging with issues of abuse against women in places like Africa and Asia. Much of this happens among internally displaced or external refugees. <br/> I was reared in a New Delhi slum, and saw much of the horrors of human trafficking among the low caste and outcaste people among whom I lived. <br/> These kinds of atrocities against girls and women–internally displaced refugees–rightly raises much anger. Are there solutions? <br/> My students and leaders of several organizations have asked me to write a biblical response to issues raised by the #MeToo movement and the global horror of sexual trafficking of girls and women. <br/> This book provides a biblical response to issues raised by the #MeToo movement–questions that I have had for many years, going back to my childhood days in that New Delhi slum. <br/> My thesis is that women experienced these abuses in ancient societies in very heinous ways. This is seen clearly in ancient Sumerian, Egyptian, and Roman etc. religions. I argue that the Bible sets out to counter attitudes and religious practices of sexual abuse against women. <br/> The Bible is the original #MeToo movement.