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Ecological aspects of war : engagements with biblical texts / edited by Keith Dyer and Anne Elvey, with Deborah Guess.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017Description: xvi, 190 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780567676399 (hb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.8/35502 23
LOC classification:
  • BT736.2 .E26 2017
Contents:
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 sword / Marie 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Dalton McCaughey Library Authors associated with the DML Level 1 DY5 D996 Available 33865001720702
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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 sword / Marie 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.