Gender Equality Theology and Essentialism: Catholic Responses to Gender‐Based Violence and Inequality in Papua New Guinea

Hermkens, A; Kenneth, R; McKenna, K

Gender Equality Theology and Essentialism: Catholic Responses to Gender‐Based Violence and Inequality in Papua New Guinea

Hermkens, A Kenneth, R McKenna, K

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Publisher:: Wiley
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Oceania, 2022, 92, (3), pp. 310-328
Issue Date:: 2022-11-28

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Hermkens, A
dc.contributor.author	Kenneth, R
dc.contributor.author	McKenna, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-1571
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-19T20:53:37Z
dc.date.available	2023-04-19T20:53:37Z
dc.date.issued	2022-11-28
dc.identifier.citation	Oceania, 2022, 92, (3), pp. 310-328
dc.identifier.issn	0029-8077
dc.identifier.issn	1834-4461
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/169989
dc.description.abstract	This paper addresses how Christianity, and in particular Catholicism, is deployed in response to gender‐based violence (GBV) in Papua New Guinea. It provides insights into the various ways the Catholic community, Church, and its clergy respond to and manage GBV. Focusing on a case study in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, the article reveals how Gender Equality Theology is used and received to address GBV in this region. What transpires is that despite supporting social change, Gender Equality Theology also advocates a particular status quo by essentialising gender relations, and thereby excluding non‐binary gender identifications and relations. The article will discuss this paradox, highlighting the importance of vernacularisation and how despite its conservatism, Gender Equality Theology provides victims, survivors, counselors, and activists with resources to respond to GBV and change gender inequality in the region.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof	Oceania
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/ocea.5348
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	16 Studies in Human Society, 21 History and Archaeology
dc.subject.classification	Anthropology
dc.title	Gender Equality Theology and Essentialism: Catholic Responses to Gender‐Based Violence and Inequality in Papua New Guinea
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	92
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society
utslib.for	21 History and Archaeology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/WHO Collaborating Centre
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pubs.issue	3
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Abstract:

This paper addresses how Christianity, and in particular Catholicism, is deployed in response to gender‐based violence (GBV) in Papua New Guinea. It provides insights into the various ways the Catholic community, Church, and its clergy respond to and manage GBV. Focusing on a case study in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, the article reveals how Gender Equality Theology is used and received to address GBV in this region. What transpires is that despite supporting social change, Gender Equality Theology also advocates a particular status quo by essentialising gender relations, and thereby excluding non‐binary gender identifications and relations. The article will discuss this paradox, highlighting the importance of vernacularisation and how despite its conservatism, Gender Equality Theology provides victims, survivors, counselors, and activists with resources to respond to GBV and change gender inequality in the region.

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