God and guns: the Bible against American gun culture
Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, seven biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Louisville
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: God and guns] (2022) (Gruseke, Alison Acker)
[Rezension von: God and guns] (2022) (Winright, Tobias L.) |
| Further subjects: | B
Firearms-Religious aspects-Christianity
B Violence-Biblical teaching B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780664266820 |
| Summary: | Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, seven biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture. Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas -- Acknowledgments -- Guns in America, by the Numbers -- C. L. Crouch and Christopher B. Hays -- Gun Violence in America: A Theological Treatment for a Deadly Epidemic -- Christopher B. Hays -- 1. Projecting on Joshua: You Can't Worship Both God and Glock -- Brent A. Strawn -- 2. A Mother's Lament: Mourning as a Witness to Lives That Matter -- Yolanda Norton -- 3. "Do Not Be Afraid": The Walls of Jerusalem and the Guns of America -- Christopher B. Hays -- 4. Israelite Bows and American Guns -- T. M. Lemos -- 5. This Sword Is Double-Edged: A Feminist Approach to the Bible and Gun Culture -- Shelly Matthews -- 6. Can a Christian Own a Gun? -- David Lincicum -- Afterword -- Ways to Get Involved -- C. L. Crouch and Christopher B. Hays -- About the Writers -- Scripture Index -- Subject Index -- Excerpt from The Possibility of America, by David Dark. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (134 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64698-225-7 |
