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God and guns : the Bible against American gun culture /

Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, seven biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hays, Christopher B., 1973-, Crouch, Carly L. (Carly Lorraine), 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Louisville : Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas
  • Acknowledgments
  • Guns in America, by the Numbers
  • C. L. Crouch and Christopher B. Hays
  • Gun Violence in America: A Theological Treatment for a Deadly Epidemic
  • Christopher B. Hays
  • 1. Projecting on Joshua: You Can't Worship Both God and Glock
  • Brent A. Strawn
  • 2. A Mother's Lament: Mourning as a Witness to Lives That Matter
  • Yolanda Norton
  • 3. "Do Not Be Afraid": The Walls of Jerusalem and the Guns of America
  • Christopher B. Hays
  • 4. Israelite Bows and American Guns
  • T. M. Lemos
  • 5. This Sword Is Double-Edged: A Feminist Approach to the Bible and Gun Culture
  • Shelly Matthews
  • 6. Can a Christian Own a Gun?
  • David Lincicum
  • Afterword
  • Ways to Get Involved
  • C. L. Crouch and Christopher B. Hays
  • About the Writers
  • Scripture Index
  • Subject Index
  • Excerpt from The Possibility of America, by David Dark