| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Ecological Aspects of War -- Engagements with Biblical Texts; Keith Dyer and Anne Elvey; 2 'A Bow in the Clouds' (Genesis 9.13): Yhwh's qeĊĦet and the Rainbow Serpent as Metaphors of Life and Destruction; Jeanette Mathews; 3 Drones Over Sodom: Resisting the Fantasy of Security; Carolyn Alsen; 4 Reading the Magnificat in Australia in Contexts of Conflict; Anne Elvey; 5 'Dealing with the Enemy': Ecological Reflections Out of Luke's Story of Jesus; Michael Trainor |
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6 The Death of Absalom: The Forest Is Mightier than the SwordMarie Turner; 7 Desolate Land / Desolate People in Jeremiah and Lamentations; Elizabeth Boase; 8 Violence and Destruction in Opposition to Judgement and Righteousness; Anne Gardner; 9 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Consequences of War (Revelation 6.1-11); Keith Dyer; 10 War, Ecology and Engagements with Biblical Texts: A Response; David G. Horrell; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects |
| Summary |
"In this book Australian biblical scholars engage with texts from Genesis to Revelation. With experience in the Earth Bible Project and the Ecological Hermeneutics section of the Society of Biblical Literature, contributors address impacts of war in more-than-human contexts and habitats, in conversation with selected biblical texts. Aspects of contemporary conflicts and the questions they pose for biblical studies are explored through cultural motifs such as the Rainbow Serpent of Australian Indigenous spiritualities, security and technological control, the loss of home, and ongoing colonial violence toward Indigenous people. Alongside these approaches, contributors ask: how do trees participate in war? Wow do we deal with the enemy? What after-texts of the biblical text speak into and from our contemporary world? David Horrell, University of Exeter, UK, responds to the collection, addressing the concept of herem in the Hebrew Bible, and drawing attention to the Pauline corpus. The volume asks: can creative readings of biblical texts contribute to the critical task of living together peaceably and sustainably."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2017) |
| Subject |
War -- Environmental aspects -- Biblical teaching
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BIBLES -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Handbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Elvey, Anne F., editor
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Dyer, Keith D., 1951- editor.
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Guess, Deborah, editor
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| LC no. |
2017026764 |
| ISBN |
9780567676405 |
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0567676404 |
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