RT Article
T1 Complaint as testimony?: Listening to Australian Pentecostal Christian women
JF Journal of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity
VO 44
IS 1
SP 3
OP 25
A1 Riches, Tanya
A1 Peerenboom, Larney
A2 Peerenboom, Larney
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1887961909
AB Testimony is significant in Pentecostal liturgical worship and life. Historically, narratives that emphasize God’s role in the life of the believer have been used for spiritual formation. This article adopts feminist scholar Sara Ahmed’s work on complaint in the church context and proposes a constructive rewriting of the theological discourse to include women’s complaints as testimony. Women’s experiences at Hillsong Church as outlined in the media are included here and juxtaposed against the church’s official responses (noted as refutation and suppression). It is argued that, given the importance of women to Pentecostalism, examining and including narratives about women’s experiences in the church is vital; this includes acknowledging their testimonies of violence, sexual harassment and spiritual abuse.
K1 Pentecostalism
K1 Media
K1 Hillsong
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 women’s stories
K1 Testimony
K1 Complaint
DO 10.1080/27691616.2024.2334062