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Prison, Sexual Assault, and Editing John Howard Yoder: One Man’s Story
by Andy AB Yesterday we posted Andy AB's story of sexual abuse experienced in prison, and how it relates to his work with and understandings of John Howard Yoder's theology and life. His story also appeared in The Mennonite's TMail November 11th issue. We decided...
Telling Our Lives Back Together Again
There is a particular biblical story that drives me nuts. It’s the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well in the Gospel of John, chapter 4. I won’t recap the whole thing here, but the part that I get stuck on is the funny bit where Jesus tells the...
“Prison, Sexual Assault, and Editing John Howard Yoder: One Man’s Story” by Andy AB
A lot of people are talking about John Howard Yoder’s harassment, abuse, and assault of women. Even the New York Times published an article about him. Some of the articles and blog posts have been defensive, trying to explain Yoder as a man, putting his actions in...
Don’t Call It Consent: Being Groomed for Sex
by Kristi **This piece is a cross-post from the "Surviving Therapist Abuse" website run by Kristi, originally published on August 18, 2009. The following bio was taken from the site: Kristi was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her eclectic background...
On Two-Year-Old’s and Rape Culture
by Hannah Heinzekehr ** This is a crosspost written by Hannah Heinzekehr of The Femonite, a blog blending interests in Mennonite theology and faith and feminism. It was originally posted here on October 8, 2013. If you listen to the radio and/or watch prime time...
The Politics of John Howard Yoder: 41 years of tiptoeing around power
by Tim Nafziger *Editor's note: The following post is a cross-post from Tim Nafziger's blog on The Mennonite. It was originally published on 7 September 2013, and has been reposted with permission. - RH The last two months have seen a growing number of articles on...
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