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For Christians who missed the memo: The Bible abhors all domestic violence – part 2

Last week we considered domestic violence and the belief of some that domestic violence is sanctioned by passages concerning male headship in the Bible. In the ABC’s recent online article about domestic violence and the Christian church, Sydney Archbishop Glenn Davies speaks to the contrary: “Submission is never coercive, it’s always voluntary, so the wife offers herself in that relationship. It becomes…

For Christians who missed the memo: The Bible abhors all domestic violence – part 1

A lengthy article was posted online this week at www.abc.net.au/news, entitled “Submit to your husbands: Women told to endure domestic violence in the name of God”. The article rightly highlights the problem of domestic violence and the response of the Australian Christian churches to it. It has provoked much debate. It seems timely, then, to revisit a 2015 newspaper article written by…