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Volume
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in
this
issue:
"Women
Confronting Violence"
‘Church
leadership has to be bold’ – a Latina activist speaks out
by Marianne Arbogast
San Antonio organizer Pat Castillo is challenging the complicity of the churches,
along with other societal institutions, in violence against women. In a sidebar,
Arbogast interviews psychologist Mary Lou Randour, who notes that, "When
there’s family violence, the spouse is being battered, the children are
being abused, and the dog is being killed." Spanish-language
version here.
We
weren’t saved by a state execution –
an interview with Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
by Mary E. Hunt
Two feminist theologians are questioning traditional assumptions about how "Jesus
saves." Their theological conversation in their new book, Proverbs of Ashes,
explores the theology of violence at the heart of Christianity.
Addressing
a crisis of prayer – the ‘work of the people’ may be to say ‘no,
no, no’
by Diann L. Neu
Healing liturgies can be a crucial part of restoring health in the wake of rape
and abuse.
Women
for Afghan Women – solidarity for the long haul
by Sunita Mehta
Even before September 11, women were organizing to restore women’s rights
in Afghanistan.
‘Living
through pain also is a promise to live beyond and whole’
– an interview with Carol Gallagher
by Martin Brokenleg
The first native woman in the worldwide Anglican Communion to become a bishop
works to foster healthy relationships out of deep personal knowledge of family
and racial violence.
Special
report: Fast track to disaster for the world’s poor
by Thomas E. Ambrogi
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) proposal is connected to the most
brutal mechanics of globalization. Fast Track will make FTAA legislation difficult
to prevent.
Since 1917, The Witness has been examining church and society in light of faith and conscience – advocating for those denied systemic power as well as celebrating those who, in theologian William Stringfellow’s words, have found ways to "live humanly in the midst of death." With deep roots in the Episcopal Church, we are a journal of spiritual questing and theology in practice, always ready to hold our own cherished beliefs and convictions up to scrutiny.
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