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God and guns : the Bible against American gun culture / edited by Christopher B. Hays and C. L. Crouch.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781646982257
  • 1646982258
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: God and gunsDDC classification:
  • 201.76/333093 23
LOC classification:
  • BS680.V55 G63 2021
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / Stanley Hauerwas -- 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 -- Projecting on Joshua: you can't worship both God and stock / Brent A. Strawn -- Maternal testimony and the violent disposal of people who are inconvenient / Yolanda Norton -- The walls of Jerusalem and the guns of America / Christopher B. Hays -- Israelite bows and American guns / T. M. Lemos -- This sword Is double-edged: a feminist approach to the Bible and gun culture / Shelly Matthews -- Can a Christian own a gun? / David Lincicum.
Summary: "Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Stanley Hauerwas -- 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 -- Projecting on Joshua: you can't worship both God and stock / Brent A. Strawn -- Maternal testimony and the violent disposal of people who are inconvenient / Yolanda Norton -- The walls of Jerusalem and the guns of America / Christopher B. Hays -- Israelite bows and American guns / T. M. Lemos -- This sword Is double-edged: a feminist approach to the Bible and gun culture / Shelly Matthews -- Can a Christian own a gun? / David Lincicum.

"Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 05, 2021).