Domestic Violence in Theology and Ministry

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This module examines the complicated theme of domestic violence within the world of Holy Scripture and considers the nature of abuse in marriage and family from the perspective of theological anthropology and the vocation of the Church. This module weaves together theological ethics, the use of Scripture, pastoral theology, and applied theological anthropology. Topics include the nature of abuse within a theological anthropology and the Exodus paradigm of redemptive history, the complications of relational sin, justice/righteousness and mercy, divorce theory, forgiveness and reconciliation in pastoral theology, and child abuse.

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This module examines the complicated theme of domestic violence within the world of Holy Scripture and considers the nature of abuse in marriage and family from the perspective of theological anthropology and the vocation of the Church. This module weaves together theological ethics, the use of Scripture, pastoral theology, and applied theological anthropology. Topics include the nature of abuse within a theological anthropology and the Exodus paradigm of redemptive history, the complications of relational sin, justice/righteousness and mercy, divorce theory, forgiveness and reconciliation in pastoral theology, and child abuse.

This module examines the complicated theme of domestic violence within the world of Holy Scripture and considers the nature of abuse in marriage and family from the perspective of theological anthropology and the vocation of the Church. This module weaves together theological ethics, the use of Scripture, pastoral theology, and applied theological anthropology. Topics include the nature of abuse within a theological anthropology and the Exodus paradigm of redemptive history, the complications of relational sin, justice/righteousness and mercy, divorce theory, forgiveness and reconciliation in pastoral theology, and child abuse.

Lectures

Full Course | 21 hours

1. The Challenges and Framework of a Difficult Subject
1.2 Challenges and Responsibilities
1.3 Let My People Go!: Exodus, Domestic Violence, and Hearing the Groans
1.4 Let My People Go!: Further Reflections

2. Egyptian Oppression, DV Myths, and Abusive Types
2.1 Exodus as Paradigmatic Framework: Introducing Egyptian Oppression
2.2 Forms of Egyptian Oppression
2.3 Domestic Violence: Myths and Realities
2.4 Myths and Realities (cont.); Lundy Bancroft’s “Types” of Abuser

3. Abusive Types and Pastoral Risks
3.1 Bancroft’s Abusive Types (concluded)
3.2 Risks for Those Involved in Abuse Cases (cont.)
3.3 Characteristics Common to Abusers
3.4 The Cyclical Pattern of Abuse

4. Genesis and Telos in Domestic Relations: My Sister’s Keeper
4.1 My Sister’s Keeper
4.2 Wife, Sister, and the Biblical World
4.3 Metaphor Theory and Cross-Domain Mapping
4.4 Distinct Conceptual Domains of Ontology and Covenant

5. Genesis and Telos in Domestic Relations: The Figure of Man and Woman
5.1 The Place of Ontology: The Being of Man and Woman
5.2 Marías on the Sexuate Condition
5.3 Marías on the Virile and Feminine Figures of Human Life
5.4 Marías on the Feminine Figure of Human Life

6. Genesis 3:16 as Etiology of Domestic Violence
6.1 Six Major Views for Interpreting Genesis 3:16
6.2 Reflections and Observations
6.3 Judges 19 and Mashal

7. The Revolutionary Household of the New Creation
7.1 Paul’s Vision for a New Household and a New Man (Ephesians 5-6)
7.2 The Detail and Content of Paul’s Vision
7.3 Ephesians 5-6, Exodus 21, and the Way of God in Christ

8. Domestic Violence and the Ultimate Concerns of Biblical Law
8.1 Exodus 21, Abusive Neglect, and Biblical Scholarship
8.2 Ethics and How Biblical Law Works: Torah as Law Collection, Not Law Code
8.3 How Ultimate/Divine Law Works in Relation to Biblical Laws
8.4 Deuteronomy 24, Domestic Violence, and the Why of Torah
8.5 Deuteronomy 24, Domestic Violence, and the Why of Torah (cont.)

9. Matthean Mercy, Domestic Violence, and the Shape of Discipleship
9.1 Matthew and the Torah as Law Collection
9.2 Just Joseph: Mary, Marriage, and Matthean Mercy
9.3 Just Joseph (Continued)
9.4 Mercy, Moral Imagination, and Righteousness
9.5 Matthew, Divorce, and Domestic Violence

10. 1 Corinthians 7 and Pastoral Theology
10.1 1 Corinthians 7 as Pastoral Theology
10.2 1 Corinthians 7 Continued
10.3 1 Corinthians 7 Continued
10.4 1 Corinthians 7 Continued and Final Reflections

11. Power, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation
11.1 Prelude with the Devil
11.2 Story as Torah: Saul and David as Paradigm
11.3 Forgiveness and Power: Roles and Responsibilities
11.4 The Complexity of Biblical Forgiveness (Steven R. Tracy)
11.5 Psychological and Relational Forgiveness