Coping with violence in the New Testament /
Violence is present in the very heart of religion and its sacred traditions - also of Christianity and the Bible. The problem, however, is not only that violence is ingrained in the mere existence of religions with their sacred traditions. It is equally problematic to realise that the icy grip of vi...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
Series:
Studies in Theology and Religion
16.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301.
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Call Number: BS2545.V55 C67 2012
| Summary: | Violence is present in the very heart of religion and its sacred traditions - also of Christianity and the Bible. The problem, however, is not only that violence is ingrained in the mere existence of religions with their sacred traditions. It is equally problematic to realise that the icy grip of violence on the sacred has gone unnoticed and unchallenged for a very long time. The present publication aims to contribute to the recent scholarly debate about the interconnections between violence and monotheistic religions by analysing the role of violence in the New Testament as well as by offering some hermeneutical perspectives on violence as it is articulated in the earliest Christian writings. Contributors include: Andries G. van Aarde, Paul Decock, Pieter G.R. de Villiers, Ernest van Eck, Jan Willem van Henten, Rob van Houwelingen, Kobus Kok, Tobias Nicklas, Jeremy Punt, Jan G. van der Watt, and Wim Weren. |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of a conference held Jan. 21-23, 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004221055 |
| ISSN: | 1566-208X ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |