Redeeming Violent Verses A Guide for Using Troublesome Texts in Church and Ministry【電子書籍】[ Eric A. Seibert ]

＜p＞“One the greatest challenges the church faces today,” writes Jerome F. D. Creach, “is to interpret and explain passages in the Bible that seem to promote or encourage violence” (＜em＞Violence in Scripture＜/em＞, 1). In the past fifteen years, a number of books have been published to help people make sense of ＜em＞God’s＜/em＞ violent behavior in the Bible. Yet very little has been written about how to use these (and other) violent texts constructively in church. This leaves religious practitionersーpastors, priests, Sunday school teachers, worship ministers, lay leaders, and othersーat a real disadvantage. What should they do with stories that sanction genocide or praise individuals for killing others? How can they use these violent texts in sermons, liturgies, Christian educations classes, and elsewhere without promoting the violent ideologies they contain?＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Redeeming Violent Verses＜/em＞, Eric Seibert addresses these questions by focusing on a wide range of practical ways to ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る