Ecological aspects of war : engagements with biblical texts /: engagements with biblical texts. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anne Elvey, Keith Dyer and Deborah Guess.
• Editors: Elvey, Anne F; Dyer, Keith D, 1951-; Guess, Deborah
• 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 qešet 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic Plc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages)
• Subjects: 220.8/35502; War -- Environmental aspects -- Biblical teaching; BIBLES -- General; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Handbooks; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567676405; 0567676404
• Related ISBNs: 9780567676429; 0567676420; 9780567676399
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2017).
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