02942nam a2200529Ki 4500 ocn879203282 OCoLC 20200709060042.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140505s2014 ilu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780830880225 (electronic bk.) 0830880224 (electronic bk.) 9780830840496 0830840494 (OCoLC)879203282 684950 (N$T) BT736.15 .G48 2014eb REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.8/32 23 N$TA Gerhardt, Elizabeth L., author. The cross and gendercide : a theological response to global violence against women and girls / Elizabeth Gerhardt. Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2014] 1 online resource (181 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-181) and index. Violence against women and girls is a human rights epidemic that affects millions of lives around the world. While many Christians are addressing this crisis through education, advocacy and philanthropic support, there has been a reluctance to name gendercide as a theological and confessional issue, a matter that strikes at the very essence of the Christian faith. In The Cross and Gendercide, Elizabeth Gerhardt draws on Luther's "theology of the cross" to provide a theological basis for naming and responding to the grave sin of global gendercide. She lifts up the work and witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer as an especially powerful resource for mobilizing the church today toward political action and social engagement. From the perspective of Christ's cross, the church must raise a prophetic voice against systemic violence and speak up for the myriad women and girls who are invisible and voiceless in the world today. Description based on print version record. Violence Religious aspects Christianity. Women Violence against. Girls Violence against. Women Crimes against Religious aspects Christianity. Girls Crimes against. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Gerhardt, Elizabeth L., author. Cross and gendercide 9780830840496 (DLC) 2014005350 (OCoLC)859881811 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=684950 EBSCOhost EBSC 684950 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54393 54393