1st Edition

Abuse in World Religions Towards Solutions

Edited By Johanna Stiebert Copyright 2026
98 Pages
by Routledge

This book draws attention to the texts, mechanisms, strategies, and initiatives that address and combat sexual(ised) spiritual abuse in five world religions. It goes beyond identifying, describing or characterising spiritual abuse in multiple religious traditions and rape culture settings, instead describing what is being done in diverse religious communities and settings to confront, address,... Read more

Introduction                     

Johanna Stiebert

1. Judaism: (Re)deploying Male Texts to Combat a Mostly Male Problem? Rabbinic Law and American Jewish Resistance to Sexual Abuse

Barbara Thiede

2. Hinduism: Dynamic Resistance to Violence and Abuse: Examples from Hinduism

Elizabeth P. Motswapong and Siamisang D. Saudu


3a. Christianity: Accompanying Survivors of Sexual Harm - Responses, activism, and resistance to sexual harm within Christian contexts

Emily Colgan and David Tombs
 

3b. Christianity: Forging Biblical Interpretive Resilience in the Face of Bible-based Spiritual Abuse

Gerald O. West and Sithembiso Zwane

4. Islam: Dynamic Resistance to Spiritual Abuse: Strategies and Innovations in Muslim Contexts

Rabiha Hannan and Rahmanara Chowdhury


5. Sikhi(sm): From Sikhi Spiritual Abuse to Sikhi Spiritual Healing

Harjinder Kaur-Aujla and Christopher Wagstaff

Biography

Johanna Stiebert is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Leeds and founding co-director of The Shiloh Project, a research collaboration exploring the intersections of rape culture, religion, and the Bible. She is Co-Investigator of the AHRC-funded research project, “Abuse in Religious Contexts.”