Killing Enmity
Author | : Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781441232083 |
ISBN-13 | : 1441232087 |
Rating | : 4/5 (087 Downloads) |
Download or read book Killing Enmity written by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.]