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Bloody, brutal, and barbaric? : wrestling with troubling war texts /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Webb, William J., 1957- (Autor), Oeste, Gordon K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780830870738
0830870733