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\"\"Colloquium 2: Hypermasculinity<\/h1>\n

Saturday 18 April 2023<\/h2>\n

The Abusing God Network held its second colloquium on hypermasculinity on Saturday 18 September 2023 at the University of Manchester.<\/p>\n

The day featured four panels of speakers.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in listening back to the panel presentations, recordings of the discussions are available below.<\/p>\n

Content warning:<\/strong>\u00a0The topics that will be discussed are sensitive in nature and include gender-based violence, abuse, and challenging relationship issues. Therefore, we want to issue a content warning in advance. If you find any of the content upsetting, please do free to walk away from your device and practice self-care as appropriate. If needed, please contact your support group or a trusted friend. Alternatively, in the UK you can also contact either the National Domestic Violence Helpline (for women and those supporting women survivors) at 0808 2000 247, Men\u2019s Advice Line at 0808 801 0327, or National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) Domestic Violence Helpline at 0800 999 5428.<\/p>\n

Panel 1 (speaking on Coercive Control)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lisa Oakley, University of Chester: \u2018The bible is filled with landmines!\u2019 \u2013 Exploring the use of biblical discourses in experiences of coercion and control<\/p>\n

Colin Perkins, Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser \u2013 Diocese of Chichester: The Blind Onlooker: Psychosocial and theological reflections on improving responses to child sexual abuse in churches<\/p>\n

Panel 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bekah Legg, CEO of Restored: Reclaiming our families: Raising children in a toxic world\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charlotte Thomas,\u00a0University of Exeter: Onward Christian Soldier?: \u2018Neo-Muscular\u2019 Metaphor and \u2018Biblical\u2019 Discourses of Hypermasculinity in the Promise Keepers\u2019 Tender Warrior<\/p>\n

Panel 3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Boakye, University of Manchester: \u201cPreaching from Mars Hill\u201d: Mark Driscoll, Paul and the Inflected Rhetoric of Ideal Masculinity<\/p>\n

Ollie Lamping, Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service with Bracknell Forest Child Social Care and Bright Hope Church, Reading: Reflections on men, DA and the Church<\/p>\n

Panel 4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Claire Alison Hams, University of Chester: The effects of patriarchal belief systems upon males born into high control religious organisations\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Will Moore, Westcott House, Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University: \u2018Wanting a Macho Jesus\u2019: A Crisis of Masculinity and the Cross<\/p>\n

Anna Budhi-Thornton, University of Manchester:\u00a0\u2018It\u2019s Raining Manliness\u2019: The Complex Interaction of Hyper-Masculine Ideals in the Gospel of John\u2019<\/p>\n

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