Created in God’s Image. From Hegemony to Partnership
A Church Manual on Men as Partners: Promoting Positive Masculinities
Jointly issued by World Council of Churches and World Communion of Reformed Churches
Edited by Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth and Philip Vinod Peacock
ISBN 978-2-9700686-7-9
Published November 2010
This manual provides tools for workshops with men at the community level. “The idea is for men to recognize that patterns of male violence against women result from negative images of masculinity - images of men as warriors and gods,” Peacock says. “We want them to see that there are other images for men that see strength in partnership with women rather than dominance over them. We need to look to biblical teachings which present those alternate images of partnership between men and women,” says Peacock. The manual aims to strengthen men’s role in ending gender violence. It provides an inclusive approach for men to participate in transforming gender relations which produces male violence.
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