L. Juliana Claassens & Bruce C. Birch 
Restorative Readings [EPUB ebook] 
The Old Testament, Ethics, and Human Dignity

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The Bible has the unfortunate legacy of being associated with gross human rights violations as evident in the scriptural justification of apartheid in South Africa as well as slavery in the American South. What is more, the Hebrew Bible also contains numerous instances in which the worth or dignity of the female characters are threatened, violated or potentially violated, creating a situation of dehumanization in which women are viewed as less than fully human.
And yet the Bible continues to serve as a source of inspiration for readers committed to justice and liberation for all. But in order for the Bible to speak a liberative word, what is necessary is to cultivate liberating Bible reading practices rooted in justice and compassion. Restorative Readings seeks to do exactly this when the authors in their respective readings seek to cultivate Bible reading practices that are committed to restoring the dignity of those whose dignity has been violated by means of racial, gender, and sexual discrimination, by the atrocities of apartheid, by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and by the dehumanizing reality of unemployment and poverty.

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Bruce Birch is Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC. His works include Let Justice Roll Down: Old Testament, Ethics, and Christian Life and A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament (with W. Brueggemann, T. Fretheim, and D. Petersen).

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 180 ● ISBN 9781498270878 ● Taille du fichier 3.0 MB ● Éditeur L. Juliana Claassens & Bruce C. Birch ● Maison d’édition Wipf and Stock Publishers ● Lieu Eugene ● Pays US ● Publié 2015 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 6884575 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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