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War in the Bible and terrorism in the twenty-first century / edited by Richard S. Hess and Elmer A. Martens.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 2.Publication details: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 155 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781575065977
  • 1575065975
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: War in the Bible and terrorism in the twenty-first century.DDC classification:
  • 261.8/73 22
LOC classification:
  • BS680.W2 W37 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Christianity and violence -- War in the Bible : an overview -- Toward shalom : absorbing the violence -- Impulses toward peace in a country at war : the Book of Isaiah between realism and hope -- Distinguishing just war from crusade : is regime change a just cause for just war? -- Noncombatant immunity and the war on terrorism -- Terrorism : what is it and how do we deal with it? -- Just peacemaking reduces terrorism between Palestine and Israel.
Summary: In February 2004, Denver Seminary's annual Biblical Studies conference addressed the question of modern war and the teachings of biblical ethics regarding it. The conference was envisioned as a collaborative effort between the Association for Christian Conferences, Teaching, and Service (ACCTS), and the Biblical Studies division of Denver Seminary. A year earlier, the invasion of Iraq had taken place. The questions created by the outbreak of war prompted an urgency in the consideration of the topic. ACCTS, which sponsors international symposia in military ethics with officers from armed forces around the globe, provided ethicists and practitioners from within the military of both the U.S. and Great Britain. Hess and Martens also solicited papers from leading theologians and advocates representing pacifist and just-war views. They have succeeded in bringing together in this fine volume a group of Christians representing a wide range of perspectives to debate and discuss their heritage and biblical roots with regard to questions of war and its ethical dilemmas.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)448618

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Christianity and violence -- War in the Bible : an overview -- Toward shalom : absorbing the violence -- Impulses toward peace in a country at war : the Book of Isaiah between realism and hope -- Distinguishing just war from crusade : is regime change a just cause for just war? -- Noncombatant immunity and the war on terrorism -- Terrorism : what is it and how do we deal with it? -- Just peacemaking reduces terrorism between Palestine and Israel.

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In February 2004, Denver Seminary's annual Biblical Studies conference addressed the question of modern war and the teachings of biblical ethics regarding it. The conference was envisioned as a collaborative effort between the Association for Christian Conferences, Teaching, and Service (ACCTS), and the Biblical Studies division of Denver Seminary. A year earlier, the invasion of Iraq had taken place. The questions created by the outbreak of war prompted an urgency in the consideration of the topic. ACCTS, which sponsors international symposia in military ethics with officers from armed forces around the globe, provided ethicists and practitioners from within the military of both the U.S. and Great Britain. Hess and Martens also solicited papers from leading theologians and advocates representing pacifist and just-war views. They have succeeded in bringing together in this fine volume a group of Christians representing a wide range of perspectives to debate and discuss their heritage and biblical roots with regard to questions of war and its ethical dilemmas.