In gun we trust? A homily
Exegetically and homiletically, I offer the possibility that gun violence in US society represents God’s judgment upon our culture’s love for the gun. Talk of judgment may sound foreboding, but properly understood, it may be what the Exodus reading depicts. Current events involving multiple mass sho...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
[2020]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Review and expositor
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 117, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 402-406 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CH Χριστιανισμός και Κοινωνία KBQ Βόρεια Αμερική NCD Πολιτική Ηθική |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Guns
B Violence B lex talionis B Second Amendment B Idolatry |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Σύνοψη: | Exegetically and homiletically, I offer the possibility that gun violence in US society represents God’s judgment upon our culture’s love for the gun. Talk of judgment may sound foreboding, but properly understood, it may be what the Exodus reading depicts. Current events involving multiple mass shootings in schools, churches, and public spaces may be indicative of the judgment of God on succeeding, innocent generations for the sins of our ancestors, who made the gun into an idol. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637320947447 |
