“This startling book provides an array of voices, theological disciplines, themes and insights into the significance of human bodies and how they are treated…This book is simply a must read!”
When Did We See You Naked?
Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse
Was the stripping and exposure of Jesus a form of sexual abuse? If so, why does such a reading of Jesus’ suffering matter? The combined impact of the #MeToo movement and a further wave of global revelations on church sexual abuse have given renewed significance to recent work naming Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse. Timely and provocative "When did we see you naked?" presents the arguments for reading Christ as an abuse victim, as well as exploring how the position might be critiqued, and what implications and applications it might offer to the Church.
“This remarkable collection of essays reveals how profoundly the authors have been affected by the idea of Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse… It is a tribute to an idea whose time has come.”
— Prof. Linda Woodhead, University of Lancaster, UK
“‘The volume will certainly inspire courageous and challenging conversations which are likely to unravel normative assumptions about the sacred and the sexual.’”
— Prof. Sarojini Nadar, University of Western Cape, South Africa
”This book asks why we have traditionally covered the nakedness of Christ, ignoring the sexual humiliation, valorizing the manly suffering of Jesus. Does our inability to recognize his naked, sexually abused body add to our inability to recognize the sexual abuse within our churches and to support those who are its victims?
— Dr. Emma Percy (Read full review in Theology here)