2019
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#MeToo Jesus: Naming Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse (2019)
This article written with Jayme R Reaves in the International Journal of Public Theology explores work that names Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse..
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Confronting the Stigma of Naming Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Violence (2019)
This chapter in Enacting a Public Theology(edited by Clive Pearson) examines the controversy and stigma when a South African pastor said Jesus had HIV/AIDS.
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Church responses to gender-based violence against women in Samoa (2019)
This research report (written by Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko, Melanie Beres, Caroline Blyth, Ramona Boodoosingh, Tess Patterson. and myself) is from a New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research Project (August 2017-December 2018).
2018
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Siphiwo Mthimkhulu, Daniel Grootboom, and the Art of Forgiveness (2018)
This chapter in The Art of Forgiveness (edited by Philip Halstead and Myk Habets) discusses the assassination of ANC activist Siphiwo Mthimkhulu, and its aftermath, and the similarities with the fictional Daniel Grootboom in the film ‘Forgiveness’ (directed by Ian Gabriel, 2005).
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Violence against women in Samoa (2018)
This research briefing in the Women Studies Journal (written with Ramona Boodoosingh and Melanie Beres) provides contextual information on violence against women (VAW) in Samoa.
2017
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Public Theology and Reconciliation (2017)
This chapter in A Companion to Public Theology (edited by Sebastian Kim and Katie Day) explores political and social reconciliation and why reconciliation has become an important concern within public theology.
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Under the Surface: Archibald Baxter’s Religious Faith (2017)
This chapter in Saints + Stirrers (edited by Geoffrey Troughton) examines the depth of Archibald Baxter’s religious commitment and his reluctance to speak of his faith convictions.
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Listening to Male Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse (2017)
This article writtee with Rocío Figueroa in The Canonist (2017) is based on interviews with survivors of Sodalicio abuses. Deposited with permission. Green OA.
2010-2016
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Towards a Public Theology of Reconciliation in Northern Ireland (2015)
This chapter in Mining Truths: Festschrift in Honour of Geraldine Smyth OP (edited John Grady et al.) discusses the political, social, and theological challenges of reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
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Silent No More: Sexual Violence in Conflict as a Challenge to the Worldwide Church (2014)
This article in the South African journal Acta Theologica discusses the Tearfund report ‘Silent No More’ (2011) and its challenge to the worldwide church.
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The Meaning of Reconciliation (2013)
This resource booklet in the Corrymeela Think Peace series on ‘Living Well With and For Others' explores the work of Corrymeela as Irelands's oldest community for peace and reconciliation.
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Unspeakable Abuse and Forgiveness (2011)
This article in the Irish journal Doctrine and Life (2011) discusses the challenges of forgiveness in the context of the clergy abuse crisis. Made available with kind permission of editors.
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2000-2009