David Tombs – The Shiloh Project

Strip searches, abuses of power, and ‘stepping into the room’

by David Tombs on March 31, 2022

Today’s post is by David Tombs, who is lay Anglican theologian and the Howard Paterson Chair Professor of Theology and Public Issues at the University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand. His work draws on liberation and contextual

#MeToo Jesus: Naming Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse

by David Tombs on January 3, 2020

by Jayme Reaves and David Tombs Since giving a Shiloh Project Lecture at SIIBS, the Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical

Princeton Research on Religion and Sexual Violence: Podcasts

by David Tombs on April 19, 2019

The Centre of Theological Inquiry (CTI) at Princeton is currently in the midst of a five-year programme focusing on Religion and

How recognising Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse might help shift Catholic culture

by David Tombs on March 14, 2019

The crisis of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, and the institutional denial and cover up, has left many people

Crucifixion, State Terror, and Sexual Abuse

by David Tombs on March 29, 2018

Katie Edwards and David Tombs’ recent article in The Conversation (23 March 2018) draws on the earlier article David Tombs,

#HimToo – why Jesus should be recognised as a victim of sexual violence

by David Tombs on March 26, 2018

Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield and David Tombs The season of Lent is an invitation to the churches, and to anyone else who wishes to do so, to reflect on the disturbing story of the

16 Days of Activism – Day 11: David Tombs

by David Tombs on December 5, 2017

Our interview to mark the Day 11 of the 16 Days of Activism is from David Tombs, Howard Paterson Professor of

Abandonment, Rape, and Second Abandonment: Hannah Baker in 13 Reasons Why and King David’s Concubines in 2 Samuel 15–20

by David Tombs on October 18, 2017

David Tombs is Professor of Theology and Public Issues, as well as Director for the Centre for Theology and Public