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Sep 25, 2020 · The Bible depicts more violence than our modern sensibilities often want to admit. How do we handle these parts of Scripture when we come across them?
There are different kinds of violence in the Bible - we look at them in detail and work out what they mean.
Nov 30, 2023 · The entire Bible testifies that God will bring his Jewish people back into their land from the ends of the earth, argues Dr James Patrick. Christians are asking serious questions in response to the 7 October attack by Hamas, to Israel’s ensuing war in Gaza, and to the huge anti-Israel protests around the world.
Oct 6, 2023 · Some Christian ministers today will still quote from the Bible to counsel victims of domestic violence to go back to abusive husbands. The message that gives is that the victim’s suffering must be endured because there is some higher purpose at work – whether the conversion of a husband or the making of a nation.
Jan 10, 2024 · The purpose of this investigation is to determine if there is a link between Bible overclaiming and intimate partner violence (IPV). Previous research has found that religious overclaiming is linked with supporting terrorism-like violence in the name of God across different religions (Jones et al., 2020).
How does the Bible represent violence? How does its literary nature shape these representations? How is violence central within biblical theologies? This chapter provides an analytical overview of biblical representations of violence and theorises ‘sanctification’ of violence.
Mar 3, 2021 · There’s a lot of violence in the Old Testament, but isn’t God loving? How do we make sense of all this? In this episode, we are exploring a few key things to keep in mind while looking at the topic of violence in the Bible.
