Solus Christus within Empire: Christology in the Face of Violence against Women

Abstract

When seen as the theocentric political confession it is, the confession “only Christ” is possible and meaningful for victim/survivors of violence against women. To confess only Christ undoes what is “required” in an empire of violence against women and is the recognition that Jesus Christ embraces our bodies, all of them. Moreover, this confession changes the body's response—individual and communal—to violence in an empire of violence against women.

“Shame: The Misplaced Debt of Structural Sin”

“…As I have argued elsewhere (Streufert, 2014), the response to Lizzy Seeburg's accusation that a football player sexually assaulted her was not about honoring and protecting her. It was about silencing her so that she could carry the guilt, not the accused man, the athletic system, the university-or even the social and religious systems that encouraged and excused the perpetrator.…”