Blessed are the Peacemakers: A Biblical Theology of Human Violence
- Grand Rapids, Michigan Zondervan Academic 2023
- 348p
- Biblical Theology for Life .
QUEUING THE QUESTIONS 1. The Human Problem of Violence 2. Scripture as an Ethical Guide ARRIVING AT ANSWERS 3. From of Old 4. Things Fall Apart 5. Violence in Wartime 6. Violence in Peacetime 7. Violence Seen from the Underside 8. Redemptive Trajectories before the Cross 9. Redemptive Trajectories at the Cross 10. The End from the Beginning 11. Living the New Reality REFLECTING ON RELEVANCE 12. Toward a Praxis 13. The Church as Prophetic Actor 14. How to Resist Evil 15. Resisting Evil: Two Case Studies 16. "Peace, Peace," but There Is No Peace 17. Loving Our Neighbors 18. Reordering Our Desires 19. This Is True