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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Review and expositor
Año: 2020, Volumen: 117, Número: 3, Páginas: 402-406 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | CH Cristianismo y sociedad KBQ América del Norte NCD Ética política |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Guns
B Violence B lex talionis B Second Amendment B Idolatry |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Sumario: | 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 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637320947447 |
