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New Book! Abuse in World Religions: Articulating the Problem

by Johanna Stiebert on June 19, 2025

In this post we introduce the latest volume in the Routledge Focus series “Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible.” This book has the title Abuse in World Religions: Articulating the Problem. It is the first

Sexual abuse in the context of Christian purity culture in Britain

by Johanna Stiebert on June 2, 2024

Today's post is by Chrissie Thwaites, a PhD student in sociology of religion at the University of Leeds (UK). Chrissie's

New Book: ‘Boys Will Be Boys, and Other Myths: Unravelling Biblical Masculinities’ by Will Moore

by Will Moore on July 31, 2022

Book cover of 'Boys will be Boys and other myths' by Will Moore

The Shiloh Project caught up with Will Moore, to discuss his new book Boys Will Be Boys, and Other Myths:

Resistant Readings: John MacArthur’s Homophobic Theology

by Caroline Blyth on November 12, 2019

Today's post comes from Charlie Winn, who is a Pākehā third-year student at the University of Auckland, majoring in Sociology and

“Male and Female He Created Them” – A Response to the Vatican Report on Gender Education

by Susannah Cornwall on June 17, 2019

On 10 June 2019 the Vatican released a 30-page document entitled Male and Female He Created Them: Towards a path

Sticks and Stones: Symbolic Violence and the Conservative Christian “Transgender Debate”

by Caroline Blyth on May 1, 2019

In this post, Shiloh co-lead Caroline Blyth talks about her current research on symbolic violence and conservative Christian responses to the "transgender debate." Sticks and Stones: Symbolic Violence and the Conservative Christian "Transgender Debate" “Sticks and stones may break my

Rape Culture in the Christian Church

by Valerie Hobbs on June 19, 2017

A blog post entitled ‘She Only Said “Yes” Once’ recently made its way around Christian circles. In the post, Pastor

Sexual Violence and Rape Culture in the New Testament

by Meredith Warren on May 31, 2017

All too often when people think about violence in the Bible, they focus on the Old Testament and ignore the