Fragile dignity : intercontextual conversations on scriptures, family, and violence /
Fragile dignity : intercontextual conversations on scriptures, family, and violence /
edited by L. Juliana Claassens and Klaas Spronk.
- Atlanta: : Society of Biblical Literature;, c2013.
- vii, 338 pages ; 24 cm.
- Semeia Studies ; number 72 .
- Semeia studies ; no. 72. .
"The collection of essays is the result of the collaboration between the Protestant Theological University in Kampen, Netherlands and the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / The hermeneutics of dignity / Response / Figuring God and humankind : the imago Dei in view of anthropologies in the Old Testament / Response / External response: The givenness of human dignity / A true disgrace? the representation of violence against women in the Book of Lamentations and in J.M. coetzee's novel Disgrace / Response / Birth as creation under threat . Biblical-theological reflections on assisted reproductive technologies / Response / Human dignity, families and violence : the New Testament as resource? / Response / External response: A fragile dignity : intercontextual conversation on scripture, family and violence / Dignity in the family? Analyzing our ambiguous relationship to the family and theological suggestions towards overcoming it / Response / Empowering those who suffer domestic violence : the necessity of a different theological imagery / Response / External response: Family and its discontents / Missing links in mainline churches : Biblical life stories and their claim in toda s family preaching / Response / "Household" (dis)loyalties and violence in Judges 14 and 15 : dignity of gendered and religious "others" in a dialogical theological praxis / Response / Women and honor in Bible and Qur'an / Response / External response: Fragile dignity : family, honor, scripture / Reflections on reflections : rights, in/dignity, in/equality, faith; the Bible as universal medicine? / Julie Claassens and Klaas Spronk -- Frits de Lange -- Gerrit Brand -- Hendrik Bosman -- Klaas Spronk -- Beverley E. Mitchell -- L. Juliana M. Claassens -- Dorothea Erbele-Ks̜ter -- Dorothea Erbele-Ks̜ter -- Charlene van der Walt -- Jeremey Punt -- Magda Misset-van de Weg -- Elsa Tamez -- Petruschka Schaafsma -- Robert Vosloo -- Anne-Claire Mulder -- Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel -- Cheryl B. Anderson -- Ciska Stark -- Ian Nell -- D. Xolile Simon and Lee-Ann J. Simon -- Leo Koffeman -- G S̜peelman -- Yusuf Wagid -- Monica J. Melanchton -- Athalya Brenner.
9781589838956 (pbk) 9781589838970 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)
2013022944
Dignity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Dignity.
Life--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Family violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Families--Biblical teaching.
Church work with families.
BV4647.D5 / F73 2013
248.4 Fra 2013
"The collection of essays is the result of the collaboration between the Protestant Theological University in Kampen, Netherlands and the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / The hermeneutics of dignity / Response / Figuring God and humankind : the imago Dei in view of anthropologies in the Old Testament / Response / External response: The givenness of human dignity / A true disgrace? the representation of violence against women in the Book of Lamentations and in J.M. coetzee's novel Disgrace / Response / Birth as creation under threat . Biblical-theological reflections on assisted reproductive technologies / Response / Human dignity, families and violence : the New Testament as resource? / Response / External response: A fragile dignity : intercontextual conversation on scripture, family and violence / Dignity in the family? Analyzing our ambiguous relationship to the family and theological suggestions towards overcoming it / Response / Empowering those who suffer domestic violence : the necessity of a different theological imagery / Response / External response: Family and its discontents / Missing links in mainline churches : Biblical life stories and their claim in toda s family preaching / Response / "Household" (dis)loyalties and violence in Judges 14 and 15 : dignity of gendered and religious "others" in a dialogical theological praxis / Response / Women and honor in Bible and Qur'an / Response / External response: Fragile dignity : family, honor, scripture / Reflections on reflections : rights, in/dignity, in/equality, faith; the Bible as universal medicine? / Julie Claassens and Klaas Spronk -- Frits de Lange -- Gerrit Brand -- Hendrik Bosman -- Klaas Spronk -- Beverley E. Mitchell -- L. Juliana M. Claassens -- Dorothea Erbele-Ks̜ter -- Dorothea Erbele-Ks̜ter -- Charlene van der Walt -- Jeremey Punt -- Magda Misset-van de Weg -- Elsa Tamez -- Petruschka Schaafsma -- Robert Vosloo -- Anne-Claire Mulder -- Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel -- Cheryl B. Anderson -- Ciska Stark -- Ian Nell -- D. Xolile Simon and Lee-Ann J. Simon -- Leo Koffeman -- G S̜peelman -- Yusuf Wagid -- Monica J. Melanchton -- Athalya Brenner.
9781589838956 (pbk) 9781589838970 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)
2013022944
Dignity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Dignity.
Life--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Family violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Families--Biblical teaching.
Church work with families.
BV4647.D5 / F73 2013
248.4 Fra 2013