A Public Theology for Intimate Spaces

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" A Public Theology for Intimate Spaces "
Christina Landman

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069502
Doc. No	:	LA113131
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973211X543742‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christina Landman
Title & Author	:	A Public Theology for Intimate Spaces [Article]\ Christina Landman
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/1
Page No	:	63–77
Abstract	:	This article explores public theology as a means of making public the needs of the voiceless, here with a focus on harm suffered in intimate spaces. The plight of farm labourers living on commercial farms in the Hoedspruit area in north-east South Africa is presented as a case study. In spite of national laws regulating domestic relationships, farm workers are vulnerable to HIV infection and domestic violence, in part because of religious discourses that impose hierarchical relationships on men and women and rob the individual of ownership over his or her own body. The reworking of harmful religious discourses into healthy practices is presented in this article as a set of tenets of a public theology that would bring healing and safety to people who, at present voicelessly, suffer violence in intimate spaces, in a country where cultural and religious taboos prevent clear information on this subject from entering the public arena. This article explores public theology as a means of making public the needs of the voiceless, here with a focus on harm suffered in intimate spaces. The plight of farm labourers living on commercial farms in the Hoedspruit area in north-east South Africa is presented as a case study. In spite of national laws regulating domestic relationships, farm workers are vulnerable to HIV infection and domestic violence, in part because of religious discourses that impose hierarchical relationships on men and women and rob the individual of ownership over his or her own body. The reworking of harmful religious discourses into healthy practices is presented in this article as a set of tenets of a public theology that would bring healing and safety to people who, at present voicelessly, suffer violence in intimate spaces, in a country where cultural and religious taboos prevent clear information on this subject from entering the public arena.
Descriptor	:	farm workers
Descriptor	:	intimate spaces
Descriptor	:	public theology
Descriptor	:	religious discourses
Descriptor	:	South African commercial farms
Descriptor	:	voiceless
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973211X543742‬