The Biblical exegesis of headship: a challenge to Patriarchal understanding that impinges on women's rights in the church and society

Baloyi, Eddy

doi:10.4102/ve.v29i1.1

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“…The misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the headship of men, as drawn from Biblical texts, also play a pivotal role in gender inequality usually leading to GBV (Baloyi 2008). For instance, "submission" (Ephesians 5:21-22) is a biblical concept, but the way culture and tradition influence the interpretation of the word becomes problematic.…”

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“…In his study, Baloyi (2008) discusses how sex hospitality is used as a traditional weapon, not only against the subject but also to oppress, abuse and violate women's rights. Analysing the study and previous scholars' work, it is noticeable that gender inequality is a serious global issue that leads to cases of gender-based violence.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender-Based Violence in Some Pentecostal Churches—A South African Study

Ndlovu,

Mavhandu-Mudzusi,

Baloyi

2024

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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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Section: What Causes Religious Leaders/members Of the Ministry To Res...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Factors Hinder Victims From Disclosing Abuse?mentioning

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Gender-Based Violence in Some Pentecostal Churches—A South African Study

Ndlovu,

Mavhandu-Mudzusi,

Baloyi

2024

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“…Without underestimating the impact of this country's social, ecclesial, societal, political, and patriarchal problems, this article does not intend to deal with every social problem as it relates to pastors; hence, it is vital to limit the scope to some of the immoral issues relating to pastoral activities. Baloyi (2008) already pointed out how patriarchy and religion, due to a misreading and misinterpretation of the Bible on topics such as the headship of men, play a role in entrenching gender inequality that leads to abuse.…”

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The pastoral role in moral regeneration – A South African perspective

Baloyi

2024

In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi

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In the past, the role of the pastor was not only recognised by the church in which he served, but also by the entire community. Government, institutions, and society at large to an extent relied on pastors to help build up communities. For this reason, politicians and the media sought pastoral opinions in times of strife, boycotts, and other upheavals. Public offences such as rape, murder, robbery, violence and other crimes have always been described as the deeds of evil people whose lives are far removed from the Christian and other religions. What makes corruption and crime worse in our country, is the perception of moral degeneration, among other reasons. It is a concern of this researcher that, instead of pastoral leadership preaching peace and addressing issues related to moral regeneration, they are becoming part of the problem rather than the solution. This article intends to show, by way of research, that, for pastors and ministers to participate in corrupt and immoral deeds, is problematic not only for the churches they serve, but also the communities in which they live. This article offers pastoral guidelines on the church’s responsibility in combatting pastors’ immoral actions.Contribution: Church pastors, as community leaders, have some responsibility for eliminating and reducing rather than dismissing or contributing to the moral degeneration engulfing South Africa. It is the conviction of this author that, if pastors practise what they preach, half of the fight against moral degeneration would be won through their exemplary lives. The pastoral position has a moral impact and an influence in local communities.

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Wife beating amongst Africans as a challenge to pastoral care

Baloyi

2013

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Traditional African people are known for respecting their marriage. Even though marriage is so highly regarded, it is astonishing to realise that wife beating has become an extremely common practice amongst them. It therefore becomes an important research question to ask about the extent to which deeply-seated traditional customs regarding wife beating as a form of stamping down authority and of trying to keep the household in order, will have to be confronted with what is deemed to be good practice from the perspective of the law, community and pastoral caregivers. There are women who live with scars on their faces and bodies, having been beaten by their husbands. Although there are many forms of abuse towards women in family situations, this article aims particularly to focus on wife beating that is practiced for traditional as well as other related reasons. This research will involve itself with establishing whether the reasons for wife beating are part of the traditional system for keeping the household in order and interrogate both legal and pastoral interventions that attempt to eliminate or avoid such behaviour.Tradisionele Afrikane is nog altyd daarvoor bekend dat hulle die instelling van die huwelik respekteer. Verbasend genoeg is vroueslanery egter ’n ou gevestigde gebruik wat vandag algemeen onder Afrikane voorkom. Die mate waartoe diepgewortelde gebruike soos vroueslanery as ’n manier om gesag af te dwing en orde in die huis te handhaaf, gekonfronteer sal moet word met wat as goeie praktyk beskou word vanuit die gesigspunt van die reg, die gemeenskap en pastorale versorgers, is dus ’n belangrike navorsingsvraag. Baie vroue dra fisiese en emosionele littekens wat deur hulle eggenote veroorsaak is. Alhoewel daar baie vorme van vrouemishandeling in familiesituasies voorkom, fokus hierdie artikel veral op vroueslanery wat om tradisionele en verwante redes beoefen word. Hierdie navorsing probeer vasstel of die redes vir vroueslanery deel van die tradisionele sisteem uitmaak waarvolgens orde in die huishouding gehandhaaf is. Dit ondersoek regs- sowel as pastorale ingryping wat sodanige gedrag probeer elimineer of voorkom.

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The Biblical exegesis of headship: a challenge to Patriarchal understanding that impinges on women's rights in the church and society

Cited by 4 publications

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Gender-Based Violence in Some Pentecostal Churches—A South African Study

Gender-Based Violence in Some Pentecostal Churches—A South African Study

The pastoral role in moral regeneration – A South African perspective

Wife beating amongst Africans as a challenge to pastoral care

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