Coping with violence in the New Testament / edited by Pieter G.R. de Villiers and Jan Willem van Henten.

• Superior document: Studies in theology and religion, v. 16
• TeilnehmendeR: De Villiers, Pieter.; Henten, J. W. van.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in theology and religion ; v. 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of a conference held Jan. 21-23, 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Violence is present in the very heart of religion and its sacred traditions – also of Christianity and the Bible. The problem, however, is not only that violence is ingrained in the mere existence of religions with their sacred traditions. It is equally problematic to realise that the icy grip of vi...