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Sanctified aggression : legacies of biblical and post biblical vocabularies of violence /
Sanctified Aggression allies itself neither with the easy assumption that religions are by definition violent (and that only the secular/humanist/humane can offer a place of refuge from the ravages of religious authority) nor with the equally facile opposing view that religion expresses the "be...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark International,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
400. BTC (Series) ; 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sanctified Aggression allies itself neither with the easy assumption that religions are by definition violent (and that only the secular/humanist/humane can offer a place of refuge from the ravages of religious authority) nor with the equally facile opposing view that religion expresses the "best" of human aspirations and that this best is always capable of diffusing or sublating the worst. Rather, it works from the premise that biblical, Jewish and Christian vocabularies continue to resonate, inspire and misfire. Some of the essays here explore how these vocabularies and symbols have influence. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-240) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567112774 0567112772 1281802980 9781281802989 9786611802981 6611802983 9780567080608 0567080609 |