Narrate and Embody: A Response To Nigel Biggar, `Specify and Distinguish'

This response has two parts: a reply to Nigel Biggar's specific criticisms of my exegesis and an appeal for attention to more fundamental theological issues. Biggar generally disregards the narrative and epistolary contexts of the verses he cites and introduces anachronistic conceptual distinct...

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Main Author: Hays, Richard B. 1948-2025 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2009
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-198
Further subjects:B Retaliation
B Christology
B Violence
B Narrative
B Ecclesiology
B Peace
B Just War
B Eschatology
B Non-violence
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Summary:This response has two parts: a reply to Nigel Biggar's specific criticisms of my exegesis and an appeal for attention to more fundamental theological issues. Biggar generally disregards the narrative and epistolary contexts of the verses he cites and introduces anachronistic conceptual distinctions. Beyond specific exegetical disagreements, his argument fails to address the broader christological, ecclesiological, and eschatological warrants for Christians to embody Jesus' way of peace. The moral vocation of the people of God is grounded in the story of Jesus Christ. It is this story that makes just war theologically problematical.
ISSN:0953-9468
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946809103491