Jesus And The Subversion Of Violence
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Jesus And The Subversion Of Violence
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Author : Thomas Yoder Neufeld
language : en
Publisher: SPCK
Release Date : 2011-09-15
Jesus And The Subversion Of Violence written by Thomas Yoder Neufeld and has been published by SPCK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with Religion categories.
Asking about violence rather than peace is to come at the New Testament with a specific set of concerns growing out of a public discourse that has raised the issues of violence to new levels of urgency. While violence may not be as central a concern to the writers of the New Testament as is peace, it opens up avenues of analysis and reflection that shed important light on the New Testament. For many readers these may be unaccustomed and even troubling.
Jesus And The Violence Of Scripture
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Author : John Dominic Crossan
language : en
Publisher: SPCK
Release Date : 2015-08-20
Jesus And The Violence Of Scripture written by John Dominic Crossan and has been published by SPCK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-20 with Religion categories.
This brave and provocative book grapples with Scripture’s two conflicting visions of Jesus and God – one loving and gracious, and the other punitive and vengeful – and explains how readers can better understand these images in a way that enriches their faith. Many portions of the New Testament introduce a compassionate Jesus who turns the other cheek, loves his enemies, and shows grace to all. But the Jesus we find in Revelation and some portions of the Gospels leads an army of angels bent on earthly destruction. Which is the true revelation of the Messiah—and how can both be in the same Bible? Jesus and the Violence of Scriptureexplores this question and offers guidance for all who are confused about which version of the Lord to worship. In doing so the author demonstrates that writers of different books of the Bible not only possessed different visions of God but also different purposes for writing, and that for Christians the only God worthy of our worship is the one revealed through the words and action of the historical Jesus.
The Subversion Of Christianity
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Author : Jacques Ellul
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2011-06-02
The Subversion Of Christianity written by Jacques Ellul and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-02 with Religion categories.
Pointing to the many contradictions between the Bible and the practice of the church, Jacques Ellul asserts in this provocative and stimulating book that what we today call Christianity is actually far removed from the revelation of God. Successive generations have reinterpreted Scripture and modeled it after their own cultures, thus moving society further from the truth of the original gospel. The church also perverted the gospel message, for instead of simply doing away with pagan practice and belief, it reconstituted the sacred, set up its own religious forms, and thus resacralized the world. Ellul develops several areas in which this perversion is most obvious, including the church's emphasis on moralism and its teaching in the political sphere. The heart of the problem, he says, is that we have not accepted the fact that Christianity is a scandal; we attempt to make it acceptable and easy--and thus pervert its true message. Ultimately, however, Ellul remains hopeful. For, in spite of all that has been done to subvert the message of God, the Holy Spirit continues to move in the world. Christianity, writes Ellul, never carries the day decisively against Christ.
The Gospel Of Peace In A Violent World
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Author : Shawn Graves
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2022-08-16
The Gospel Of Peace In A Violent World written by Shawn Graves and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-16 with Religion categories.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news of peace. Gathering contributions from theologians, pastors, and practitioners, Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves cast a vision of Christian nonviolence in today's world, not only responding to the realities of war but also offering a deeper understanding of peace—a holistic shalom.
Killing Enmity
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Author : Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Killing Enmity written by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Religion categories.
Is the New Testament inherently violent? In this book a well-regarded New Testament scholar offers a balanced critical assessment of charges and claims that the Christian scriptures encode, instigate, or justify violence. Thomas Yoder Neufeld provides a useful introduction to the language of violence in current theological discourse and surveys a wide range of key ethical New Testament texts through the lens of violence/nonviolence. He makes the case that, contrary to much scholarly opinion, the New Testament is not in itself inherently violent or supportive of violence; instead, it rejects and overcomes violence. [Published in the UK by SPCK as Jesus and the Subversion of Violence: Wrestling with the New Testament Evidence.]
Divine Violence And The Christus Victor Atonement Model
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Author : Martyn J. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2016-09-23
Divine Violence And The Christus Victor Atonement Model written by Martyn J. Smith and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-23 with Religion categories.
In this book Martyn Smith addresses the issue of God's violence and refuses to shy away from difficult and controversial conclusions. Through his wide-ranging and measured study he reflects upon God and violence in both biblical and theological contexts, assessing the implications of divine violence for understanding and engaging with God's nature and character. Jesus too, through his dramatic actions in the temple, is presented as one capable of exhibiting a surprising degree of violent behavior in the furtherance of God's purposes. Through a reappropriation of the ancient Christus Victor model of atonement, with its dramatic representation of God's war with the Satan, Smith proposes that Christian understanding of both God and salvation has to return to its long-neglected past in order to move forward, both biblically and dynamically, into the future.
Bloody Brutal And Barbaric
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Author : William J. Webb
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2019-12-03
Bloody Brutal And Barbaric written by William J. Webb and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-03 with Religion categories.
Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape raise hard questions about biblical ethics and the character of God. Have we missed something in our traditional readings? Identifying a spectrum of views on biblical war texts, Webb and Oeste pursue a middle path using a hermeneutic of incremental, redemptive-movement ethics.
When Did We See You Naked
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Author : Jayme R. Reaves
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2021-03-31
When Did We See You Naked written by Jayme R. Reaves and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-31 with Religion categories.
Was the stripping and exposure of Jesus a form of sexual abuse? If so, why does such a reading of Jesus’ suffering matter? The combined impact of the #MeToo movement and a further wave of global revelations on church sexual abuse have given renewed significance to recent work naming Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse. Timely and provocative "When did we see you naked?" presents the arguments for reading Christ as an abuse victim, as well as exploring how the position might be critiqued, and what implications and applications it might offer to the Church.
Security After Christendom
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Author : John Heathershaw
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2024-02-13
Security After Christendom written by John Heathershaw and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-13 with Religion categories.
We live in the wealthiest and most heavily defended world in history, so why do we feel so insecure? In a secular world, what does Christian theology have to say about this problem? Security after Christendom combines practical examples, social scientific research, and an ecumenical approach to political theology to answer these questions. It argues that Christendom was a plural phenomenon of imagined security communities of East and West whose unravelling continues to have implications for global politics today, as dramatically illustrated by Russia's war in Ukraine. While notions of a new Christendom are idolatrous and delusional, secular imaginaries of national security or the liberal international order are both destructive and unstable. True security--radical inclusion, nonviolent protection, and abundant provision--is an eschatological phenomenon, inaugurated by Christ. Security after Christendom is neither found in faithful government nor an exclusive church-as-polis approach but in relations of tension where the fallen powers are continuously confronted by prophetic practices. A post-Christendom community expresses its love for the world by seeking its security, providentially limiting the disorders of the secular age, and offering glimmers of a new earth.
Boys Will Be Boys And Other Myths
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Author : Will Moore
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2022-07-28
Boys Will Be Boys And Other Myths written by Will Moore and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with Religion categories.
Throughout history, we have exalted and theologised about men like Adam or David to the point where we have become oblivious to the fact that they are far from perfect role models for Christian manhood. Failing to read scripture properly, we have used it to shape a distorted understanding of masculinity. Stretching from issues of violence, emotional and sexual abuse, the desire for power, homophobia, and the suppression of emotions, Will Moore draws from scholarship, personal stories, and popular culture to offer an honest and accessible insight into the toxic myths which frame how w e read scripture. Only when we expose these myths, he argues, can we start to see the authentic men staring straight back at us from the pages of our bibles, and be able to reshape the way in which we produce Christian men today, tackling the violence that is being done by men to themselves and others.