Killing Enmity: Violence and the New TestamentIs 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.] |
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... ethic based on the Sermon on the Mount , while recognizing the need for constraints and even a modicum of force in ... ethical discernment and debate . Our brief survey on the meaning of ' violence ' suggests that no one definition ...
... ethic based on the Sermon on the Mount , while recognizing the need for constraints and even a modicum of force in ... ethical discernment and debate . Our brief survey on the meaning of ' violence ' suggests that no one definition ...
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... Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking ( ed . Glen Stassen , Mark Thiessen Nation and Matt Hamsher ; Grand Rapids , MI : Brazos , 2009 ) , 27-41 . 8 or less on the radical edges of Jewish society , M01_NEUFELD_0689_01_C01.indd 8 23/6/11 ...
... Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking ( ed . Glen Stassen , Mark Thiessen Nation and Matt Hamsher ; Grand Rapids , MI : Brazos , 2009 ) , 27-41 . 8 or less on the radical edges of Jewish society , M01_NEUFELD_0689_01_C01.indd 8 23/6/11 ...
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... Ethics ( Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans , 2006 ) , 1–10 ; see also Horsley , Jesus and the Spiral of Violence , 150 . 15 2 Turn the cheek and love and love your enemies M01_NEUFELD_0689_01_C01.indd 15 23/6/11 14:02:03 ' Violence ' and ...
... Ethics ( Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans , 2006 ) , 1–10 ; see also Horsley , Jesus and the Spiral of Violence , 150 . 15 2 Turn the cheek and love and love your enemies M01_NEUFELD_0689_01_C01.indd 15 23/6/11 14:02:03 ' Violence ' and ...
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... ethic of ' non - resistance ' from it . Or is he not prohibiting resistance at all , but rather rejecting violent resistance or the vengeful payback , as in ' resist evil , but not by evil means ! ' Those rejecting the former rendering ...
... ethic of ' non - resistance ' from it . Or is he not prohibiting resistance at all , but rather rejecting violent resistance or the vengeful payback , as in ' resist evil , but not by evil means ! ' Those rejecting the former rendering ...
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... Ethics ( San Francisco , CA : HarperSanFrancisco , 1996 ) , 324 ; Reid , ' Violent Endings ' , 242 . 14 For a study of the relationship between Deut . 19 and Matt . 5 , see Dorothy Jean Weaver , ' Transforming Nonresistance : From Lex ...
... Ethics ( San Francisco , CA : HarperSanFrancisco , 1996 ) , 324 ; Reid , ' Violent Endings ' , 242 . 14 For a study of the relationship between Deut . 19 and Matt . 5 , see Dorothy Jean Weaver , ' Transforming Nonresistance : From Lex ...
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M07_NEUFELD_0689_01_C07 | 122 |
M08_NEUFELD_0689_01_CONC | 150 |
Z01_NEUFELD_0689_01_BIB | 153 |
Z02_NEUFELD_0689_01_IDX1 | 167 |
Z03_NEUFELD_0689_01_IDX2 | 172 |
Z04_NEUFELD_0689_01_IDX3 | 174 |
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Killing Enmity: Violence and the New Testament Thomas R. Neufeld,Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld Limited preview - 2011 |
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