'The Harvest of Righteousness is Peace and Security for Ever' (Isa 32.17): Individual and Collective Security in the Light of the Hebrew Bible
In both ordinary conversations and political debates the feeling is often expressed that everything is becoming less secure. The evidence cited includes the supposed or real rise in crime, the growth in traffic and the coarsening of road users' behaviour, precarious unemployment conditions, pol...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2018]
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Human security
/ Peace
/ Justice
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Righteousness
B Human Security B International Security |
| Summary: | In both ordinary conversations and political debates the feeling is often expressed that everything is becoming less secure. The evidence cited includes the supposed or real rise in crime, the growth in traffic and the coarsening of road users' behaviour, precarious unemployment conditions, polluted food and global military threats. But the feeling of increasing insecurity is far from as new as people think. The people on whose experiences the bible is based knew that the security of their lives was threatened in many ways. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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