Rage and Resistance (Sor) de Theresa O'Donovan

Rage and Resistance: Sor

Theresa O'Donovan

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2006

Uses theology to articulate and clarify an event indelibly etched into the minds of many Canadians. Analyses some of the artistic, memorialising, and activist responses as manifestations of a spirituality of resistance, and urges ever greater resistance to violence against women.

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On 6 December 1989, a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle entered an engineering school in Montreal and murdered fourteen women before killing himself. Responses to what has come to be known as The Montreal Massacre varied, from the initial shock and mourning and efforts to "make sense" of the tragedy to an outpouring of writing, art, conferences, and political lobbying. This book examines, from a theological perspective, how the massacre was taken up by the media, experts, politicians, and a variety of individuals and groups. A practical exercise in Canadian contextual theology, "Rage and Resistance" analyses responses to a tragic historical event by engaging with the work of theologian Gregory Baum and sociologist Dorothy Smith. Baum articulates the theological imperative to address the context in which our lives are embedded, calling for critical social analysis in order to understand, and possibly convert, social evil; Smith takes the standpoint of women as a determinate position from which society may be known. If one of the tasks of theology is to articulate and clarify the struggles in which we are engaged -- to name our reality, both the forces that oppress and the possibilities for resistance and healing -- this book takes on that task by focusing on an event indelibly etched into the minds of many Canadians. It analyses some of the artistic, memorialising, and activist responses as manifestations of a spirituality of resistance and urges ever greater resistance to violence against women.