Watching the Watchmen: How Does the Violence in Song of Songs 5:7 Speak to Australia’s Problem with Violence against Women and vice versa?
In Australia, one woman a week is killed by a current or former partner. But what has this to do with Song of Songs, an expedition through love and the bodies making it? The Song has become an idealised representation of mutually respectful lovers, but there is violence in the text. Building on my p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2021
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 29–51 |
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Australia
/ Woman
/ Crime victim
/ Partner
/ Song of Songs
/ Violence
/ Feminist theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society HB Old Testament KBS Australia; Oceania ZB Sociology |
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feminist biblical interpretation
B Domestic and family violence B Song of Songs |
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