Religion & Violence – A Day of Events (8 October 2025, University of Leeds) by Johanna Stiebert on September 14, 2025 share 1.1K
Mothers, Whores, and Brides: Towards Possible Modes of Reading Responsibly in the Context of Abuse and its Cover-up (The Example of John’s Revelation)
The Power Structures of Violence in the Song of Songs by Stefan Fischer on July 4, 2017 share 10.1K Stefan Fischer is a biblical scholar who has lived and taught in southern Africa and Europe, including at the University of Vienna read more
On Sex and Other Possibilities by Tasia Scrutton on June 29, 2017 share 12.2K In a seminal 1980 philosophy paper, ‘Throwing Like a Girl’, Iris Marion Young cites Erwin Straus’ description of differences in read more
Sex, Rape and Social History – The Case of the Bible by Johanna Stiebert on June 27, 2017 share 17.9K One does not have to look far to find indications of the normalization of sexual violence (a phenomenon known as read more
Launch of The Shiloh Project: Festival of the Arts and Humanities Podcast by Katie Edwards on June 27, 2017 share 9.26K In May 2017, Katie Edwards and Emma Nagouse spoke to host Pete David about the launch of The Shiloh Project, read more
The Greatest Taboo? The Surprising Truth of What the Bible Says About Incest by Johanna Stiebert on June 27, 2017 share 16.7K Incest sparks strong emotions – and today, in many cultures at least, they are largely negative. But has it always read more
Rape Culture in the Christian Church by Valerie Hobbs on June 19, 2017 share 28.4K A blog post entitled ‘She Only Said “Yes” Once’ recently made its way around Christian circles. In the post, Pastor read more
Sexual Violence and Rape Culture in the New Testament by Meredith Warren on May 31, 2017 share 82.3K All too often when people think about violence in the Bible, they focus on the Old Testament and ignore the read more
‘Temptress’ Eve, ‘prostitute’ Mary Magdalene – and the awkward truth about The Bible’s women by Katie Edwards on May 31, 2017 share 26.9K The most well-known female biblical characters feel familiar to us because they’re so embedded within our culture. These women are read more
How the Bible shapes contemporary attitudes to rape and sexual assault by Emma Nagouse on May 31, 2017 share 11.2K A retiring judge recently faced accusations of victim blaming when she used her final courtroom case as a plea to read more
Why ‘The Shiloh Project’? by Katie Edwards on May 24, 2017 share 9.48K Our name refers to a story replete with rape in the closing chapters of the book of Judges. Judges is read more