Concilium 1994/1 Violence against Women

Introduction / Elisabeth Schu?ssler Fiorenza -- I. Violence against women : exploring sociocultural analysis and gender construction. Because of the angels : sexual violence and abuse / Joanne Carlson Brown -- Prostitution and rape in the colonial period / Zilda Fernandes Ribeiro -- Violence and justice / Beatrix Schiele -- African-American women in three contexts of domestic violence / Delores S. Williams -- Feminine socialization : women as victims and collaborators / Mary John Mananzan -- Of monsters and dances : masculinity, white supremacy, ecclesial practice / Mark Taylor. II. Violence against women : exploring gender construction. 'Go and suffer oppression!' said God's messenger to Hagar / Irmgard Fischer -- Ecclesiastical violence : witches and heretics / E. Ann Matter -- Maria Goretti : rape and the politics of sainthood / Eileen J. Stenzel -- Violence against women : strategies of resistance and sources of healing in Christianity / Felisa Elizondo -- Clergy misconduct : sexual abuse in the ministerial relationship / Marie M. Fortune. Editorial reflections / M. Shawn Copeland. Special column: Conversation between Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti, and Dorothe So?lle, 2 September 1993.