Female Child Soldiering, Gender Violence, and Feminist Theologies

This book examines the phenomenon of female child soldiering from various theological perspectives.  It is an interdisciplinary work that brings Christian feminist theologies into dialogue to analyze the complex ethical, geopolitical, social, and theological issues involved in the militarization of girls and women and gender-based violence. With contributions from a range of interdisciplinary and multicultural authors, this book offers reflections and perspectives that coalesce as a comprehensive overview of feminist theological insights into child soldiering.

1. Violence, Power, Resistance and Resilience: An Introduction.- 2. Human Rights, Dignity, and Female Child Soldiers: A Theological Approach.- 3. Sexual Violence in Conflict: Understanding the Experience of Child Soldiers.- 4. Confronting US Moral Hypocrisy on Child Soldiers, Inventing Antiracist Solidarity.- 5. "I’d Rather Die than Wrestle": Gender, Spirituality, and Agency Amongst the Luba Mai-Mai.- 6. Education in Resistance to Child Soldiering: A Latina Liberation Theology Perspective.- 7. “Some Girls Are So Vicious that Even the Boys Fear Them”: Girls and Gangs in Jamaica.- 8. Factory Girls and ‘Comfort’ Girls: A Feminist Theo-Ethical Reflection on Korean Girl Soldiers in Japanese Empire.- 9. Battling a ‘War within a War': Challenges of Being Female in Africa.- 10. Pastoral Care in the Trauma of Gender Violence.- 11. Divine Fortitude: A Reflection on the Incarnation of the Black Female Child Soldier.

Susan Willhauck is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia.