“Women are culturally conditioned to care for others, but not ourselves. We believe that having needs, feelings, ambitions, or thoughts of our own is not good. In this self-abnegation, we enact a culturally prescribed role that perpetuates sexist social structures.… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share
“Women are culturally conditioned to care for others, but not ourselves. We believe that having needs, feelings, ambitions, or thoughts of our own is not good. In this self-abnegation, we enact a culturally prescribed role that perpetuates sexist social structures. The needs and thoughts of men matter, but not ours. Christian theology presents Jesus as the model of self-sacrificing love… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share
“recognized that Christianity had taught me that sacrifice is the way of life. I forgot the neighbor who raped me, but I could see that when theology presents Jesus' death as God's sacrifice of his beloved child for the sake of the world, it teaches that the highest love is sacrifice. To make sacrifice or to be sacrificed is virtuous… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share
“A God who punishes disobedience will teach us to obey and endure when it would be holy to protest and righteous to refuse to… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share Image
“I realized the preserving a relationship at all costs was not as important as affirming the human right to be free from abusive treatment.” — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share Image
“What I was learning in the church was in sharp contrast to the theology of self-sacrificing love I wrestled with. It wasn’t the willingness… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share Image
“Theology that defines virtue as obedience to God suppresses the virtue of revolt. A woman being battered by her husband will be counseled to… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share Image
