Sanctified Aggression allies itself neither with the easy assumption that religions are by definition violent (and that only the secular/humanist/humane can offer a place of refuge from the ravages of religious authority) nor with the equally facile opposing view that religion expresses the "best" of human aspirations and that this best is always capable of diffusing or sublating the worst. Rather, it works from the premise that biblical, Jewish and Christian vocabularies continue to resonate, inspire and misfire.
Some of the essays here explore how these vocabularies and symbols...
Sanctified Aggression allies itself neither with the easy assumption that religions are by definition violent (and that only the secular/humanist/huma...
This volume is a representative collection of the groundbreaking and influential work in feminist biblical interpretation by the late Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes. The essays document Van Dijk's development and constitute a valuable introduction to feminist thought.
This volume is a representative collection of the groundbreaking and influential work in feminist biblical interpretation by the late Fokkelien van Di...
