Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence against Women

Kimberly Ervin Alexander, PhD (2003) Ramp School of Ministry; Honorary Research Fellow, Manchester Wesley Research Centre. She is the author of numerous works on Pentecostal spirituality, including Pentecostal Healing: Models of Pentecostal Theology (Deo/Brill 2006), and on Pentecostal women’s experience.Melissa L. Archer, Ph.D., Bangor (Wales) University (2014), is Professor of Biblical Studies at Southeastern University. She published I Was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day: A Pentecostal Engagement with Worship in the Apocalypse (CPT Press, 2015) and has chapters in Spirit and Story: Pentecostal Readings of Scripture (2020) and Grieving, Brooding, and Transforming: The Spirit, The Bible, and Gender (Brill, 2021).Mark J. Cartledge is the Principal of London School of Theology and Professor of Practical Theology. He is a priest in the Church of England who has served in a variety of educational contexts on three continents. He has studied Pentecostalism for many years. Publications include Megachurches and Social Engagement (Brill, 2019).Michael D. Palmer, Ph.D., Marquette University, is Professor of Philosophy at Regent University. He co-edited The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) as well as the two-volume work The Holy Spirit & Social Justice (Seymour Press, 2019).

• Preface  Michael D. PalmerAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsNotes on the Cover ImageIntroductionCatherine Holtmann1 Pneumatology in the Time of #MeToo An Exploration of the Spirit’s Role in Suffering 13Cheryl M. Peterson2 Toxic Spirituality Reexamining the Ways in Which Spiritual Virtues Can Reinforce Violence Against Women 33Lisa P. Stephenson3 Nevertheless, She Persisted Freeing Women’s Bodies from Silent Theological Sacrifice Zones 49Tanya Riches4 Shaming the Men into Keeping Up with the Ladies Constructing Pentecostal Masculinities 69Linda M. Ambrose5 Speak to the Heart Orthopathic Hermeneutics and Telling the Whole Story of the Woman Cut into Pieces 86Casey S. Cole6 Trouble in Paradise Exploring Gender Roles and Violence against Women in Song of Songs 5:2–8 104Jacqueline N. Grey7 Miriam Toews’ Women Talking A Call for Artistic Prophethood 121Martin W. Mittelstadt8 Shanghai Brothels, Spirit Baptisms The Door of Hope Women as a Source for Pentecostal Ressourcement 135Alex R. Mayfield9 From Medical Kits to Fighting Rape as a Weapon of War The Development of Scandinavian Pentecostal Medical Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 154Tommy Davidsson and Rakel Ystebø Alegre10 A Jesus Follower Responds To Sexualized Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 185Rory Randall11 Toward A Pentecostal Ecclesiology Making Room for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence 207Lauren J. Raley12 Toward a Rhetoric of the Spirit Assault, Abuse, and a Theology of Women’s Empowerment 223Joy A.E. Qualls13 The Shifting Face of Violence among Taiwanese Women in Confucian Society A Charismatic Perspective with a Womanist SlantJudith C. P. LinAfterwordKimberly Ervin Alexander and Melissa L. ArcherAppendix Pentecostal Sisters Too: A Call to Redeem our BodiesIndex

"Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence Against Women offers an excellent, scholarly, nuanced, thoughtful and compassionate portrayal of the interweaving of religion and abuse within the global Pentecostal community. While the chapters are written by different authors, they are of a consistently high quality, offering interesting, informative, and useful ways to engage readers and the broader public with the suffering that so many women experience. This book is a must read for every pastor and every theological student." - Nancy Nason-Clark, Professor Emerita, University of New Brunswick, author of many books including Intimate Partner Violence and Religion, and Men Who Batter.