Ecological Aspects of War - Hardcover

Anne Elvey & Keith Dyer

 
9780567676399: Ecological Aspects of War

Synopsis

In this book Australian biblical scholars engage with texts from Genesis to Revelation. With experience in the Earth Bible Project and the Ecological Hermeneutics section of the Society of Biblical Literature, contributors address impacts of war in more-than-human contexts and habitats, in conversation with selected biblical texts. Aspects of contemporary conflicts and the questions they pose for biblical studies are explored through cultural motifs such as the Rainbow Serpent of Australian Indigenous spiritualities, security and technological control, the loss of home, and ongoing colonial violence toward Indigenous people. Alongside these approaches, contributors ask: how do trees participate in war? Wow do we deal with the enemy? What after-texts of the biblical text speak into and from our contemporary world? David Horrell, University of Exeter, UK, responds to the collection, addressing the concept of herem in the Hebrew Bible, and drawing attention to the Pauline corpus. The volume asks: can creative readings of biblical texts contribute to the critical task of living together peaceably and sustainably?

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About the Authors

Anne Elvey is Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia, and Honorary Research Associate at University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia.

Keith Dyer teaches New Testament at Whitley College, and is an Associate Professor of the University of Divinity, Australia.

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9780567686879: Ecological Aspects of War: Engagements with Biblical Texts

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ISBN 10:  0567686876 ISBN 13:  9780567686879
Publisher: T&T Clark, 2019
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