Killing Enmity

Violence and the New Testament

von Thomas R Yoder Neufeld

Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Is the New Testament inherently violent? In this book a well-regarded New Testament scholar offers a balanced critical assessment of charges and claims that the Christian scriptures encode, instigate, or justify violence. Thomas Yoder Neufeld provides a useful introduction to the language of violence in current theological discourse and surveys a wide range of key ethical New Testament texts through the lens of violence/nonviolence. He makes the case that, contrary to much scholarly opinion, the New Testament is not in itself inherently violent or supportive of violence; instead, it rejects and overcomes violence. [Published in the UK by SPCK as Jesus and the Subversion of Violence: Wrestling with the New Testament Evidence.]

• ISBN: 9780801039010
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2011
• Größe: 213 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Baker Publishing Group