New book on sexual violence in the context of the church

Book cover 'Sexual violence in the context of the church'. De Gruyter Three theologians from the University of Bern have published an interdisciplinary work on sexual violence in churches, which for the first time takes a scholarly look at the fundamentals of the problem. Professors Mathias Wirth, Isabelle Noth, and Silvia Schroer from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Bern, through the renowned publisher De Gruyter, have published an interdisciplinary and interdenominational work entitled "Sexual Violence in the Context of the Church". The book was written in collaboration with an international team of scientists from the fields of history, medicine, philosophy, psychology, and theology. Sexual violence in churches as a problem of centralized ways of thinking. "There is no end to the news about the extent of sexual violence in various churches and their affiliated institutions, nor to our fear of it," says co-editor Silvia Schroer, Professor of the Old Testament. Until now, according to Mathias Wirth, first editor and head of the Ethics Department, there had not been enough basic scientific work that would properly address the interdisciplinary challenge of the problem of sexual violence in the church sector, and which would not remain satisfied with superficial answers and proposals for measures.