Gender-Based Violence in Some Pentecostal Churches—A South African Study
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Authors
Ndlovu, S
Baloyi, Magezi Elijah
Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Azwihangwisi Helen
Baloyi, magezi Elijah
Issue Date
2024-03-13
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Pentecostal churches , gender-based violence , rape , sexual abuse , religious leaders , liberation & constitution
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Abstract
One of the most devastating practices to be normalised in modern times is gender-based
violence. Women and girls in South Africa can no longer enjoy the freedom that was promised by
the country’s Freedom Charter during the dawn of democracy. Rape, killing and other forms of
female persecution have become common practices, and the most worrying part of this is that the
perpetrators of this violence seem to enjoy more freedom than their victims. Unfortunately, this kind
of violence is no longer a secular issue but something that is now encountered in religious circles,
places in which most people would hope to be sheltered and protected. The article investigates these
kinds of violence within the parameters of religious institutions, specifically Pentecostal churches,
and also makes some suggestions as to what kinds of approaches we need as a country to eliminate
this pandemic. This article uses a desktop/secondary approach to gather data and to reach the
conclusions made as a bases for the argument.
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Citation
Ndlovu, Sinegugu, Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi, and Magezi Elijah Baloyi. 2024. Gender-Based Violence in Some Pentecostal Churches—A South African Study. Religions 15: 679. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/rel15060679
Publisher
MDPI