Miriam Toews imagines her way into an insular community grappling with sexual assault
In her new novel, women in a Mennonite colony plot their own liberation.
sexual abuse
“Churches are places of high trust—and high risk.”
We should not be surprised when Christian men belittle and ignore women who speak out. Biblical heroes of the faith do the same.
What I remember is the office they held and the power they assumed.
Heirs to John Howard Yoder's legacy have to grapple with his theology in light of his sexual abuse. Hauerwas’s recent response isn’t enough.
God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison
In her 11th novel Toni Morrison returns to the foundation of most of her fiction: childhood and its traumatic effects.
The people to whom John Howard Yoder was accountable struggled to discipline him—and failed to deal adequately with his victims' pain.
Yoder defined violence in terms of violating someone's dignity. This sounds ready made as a description of his own abusive behavior.
A Penn State VP felt pressured to leave because she didn't understand the "Penn State way." It's a way that's not limited to Penn State.
The young man in this video should be a source of some small pride for Penn State right now.