Fragile dignity :
Fragile dignity : intercontextual conversations on scriptures, family, and violence /
edited by L. Juliana Claassens and Klaas Spronk.
- 1 online resource (347 pages)
- 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 bibliographies.
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�ys 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-K�ster -- Dorothea Erbele-K�ster -- 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� Speelman -- Yusuf Wagid -- Monica J. Melanchton -- Athalya Brenner.
9781589838963 (e-book)
Dignity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Life--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Family violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Families--Biblical teaching.
Church work with families.
Electronic books.
BV4647.D5 / F73 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 bibliographies.
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�ys 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-K�ster -- Dorothea Erbele-K�ster -- 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� Speelman -- Yusuf Wagid -- Monica J. Melanchton -- Athalya Brenner.
9781589838963 (e-book)
Dignity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Life--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Family violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Families--Biblical teaching.
Church work with families.
Electronic books.
BV4647.D5 / F73 2013