Interrupting our journeys: lamenting political and religious corruption in the African Great Lakes region
There are times when the biblical texts, once safely contained in a book, reach out and grab us, refusing to let us go, until we recognize that they are speaking to our time and our situation. Here the book of Judges speaks to all, showing the present human condition in the context of African genoci...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seminaries
[2017]
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Word & world
Year: 2017, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 263-270 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HB Old Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Rape
B Africa, East Social conditions B Sin Biblical teaching B Violence in the Bible B Leadership in the Bible B Truthfulness and falsehood B Bible. Judges 17-22 B Political atrocities B Laments B Good and evil Biblical teaching B Body, Human Religious aspects B Levites B Prophetic office B Body, Human Moral and ethical aspects B Rape in the Bible |
| Summary: | There are times when the biblical texts, once safely contained in a book, reach out and grab us, refusing to let us go, until we recognize that they are speaking to our time and our situation. Here the book of Judges speaks to all, showing the present human condition in the context of African genocide, for which we are all responsible. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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