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      Violence and Peace in Sacred Texts

      This volume brings together 11 experts from a range of religious backgrounds, to consider how each tradition has interpreted matters of violence and peace in relation to its sacred text…

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      The Church, The Far Right, and The Claim to Christianity

      In recent years, far-right organisations have invaded mosques across the UK with army-issued Bibles, declaring their actions a 'Christian crusade'. Others have paraded large crosses through Muslim-majority areas, and invaded…

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      Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and their Functions in the Book of Kings

      Helen Paynter

      In Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and their Functions in the Book of Kings, Helen Paynter uses a hermeneutic of carnivalization and mirroring to offer a radical, satirical re-evaluation of the…

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      God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today?: Wrestling Honestly with the Old Testament

      Helen Paynter

      Do you find the violence in the Old Testament a problem? Does it get in the way of reading the Bible–and of faith itself? While acknowledging that there are no…

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      God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today?: Wrestling Honestly with the Old Testament

      Helen Paynter

      Do you find the violence in the Old Testament a problem? Does it get in the way of reading the Bible–and of faith itself? While acknowledging that there are no…

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      Telling Terror in Judges 19: Rape and Reparation for the Levite’s wife

      Helen Paynter

      Telling Terror in Judges 19 explores the value of performing a ‘reparative reading’ of the terror-filled story of the Levite’s pilegesh (commonly referred to as the Levite’s concubine) in Judges…

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      Telling Terror in Judges 19: Rape and Reparation for the Levite’s wife

      Helen Paynter

      Telling Terror in Judges 19 explores the value of performing a ‘reparative reading’ of the terror-filled story of the Levite’s pilegesh (commonly referred to as the Levite’s concubine) in Judges…

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      God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today?: Wrestling honestly with the Old Testament

      Helen Paynter

      Violence in the Old Testament is a genuine problem for many Christians. This accessible book equips the reader with tools to help them interpret and wrestle with the biblical text.

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      The Bible Doesn’t Tell Me So: Why you don’t have to submit to domestic abuse and coercive control

      Helen Paynter

      How come the Bible is used to justify domestic abuse? This book aims to debunk the myths which prevent women from getting out of harm’s way.

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      The Bible on Violence: A Thick Description.

      In June 2019 the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence (CSBV) held its inaugural academic conference, and we are delighted to present this collection of papers drawn from…

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      Global Perspectives on Bible and Violence

      Michael Spalione

      This volume brings to the fore global perspectives, exploring the intersection between violence and biblical texts. It is the outcome of proceedings from a 2021 Centre for the Study of…

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      Map or Compass?

      The interpretation of biblical violence continues to present a complex challenge to interpreters, including those from belief, no belief and religious perspectives.

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      Violent Biblical Texts

      Trevor Laurence, Helen Paynter

      This volume is one of the fruits of a series of international conferences held at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, Bristol.

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      Blessed Are the Peacemakers

      Helen Paynter

      Old Testament scholar Helen Paynter explores what the Bible says about human violence and what Christians ought to do about it today.

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      Flood and Fury: Old Testament Violence and the Shalom of God

      Matthew J. Lynch

      Old Testament violence proves one of the most troubling topics in the Bible. Without softening or ignoring the most troubling realities of the text, Old Testament scholar Matthew Lynch addresses…

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      Guidelines January-April 2023: Bible study for today’s ministry and mission

      Bible study for today's ministry and mission

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      Holy Ground: Liturgies and Worship Resources for an Engaged Spirituality

      Helen Boothroyd,Neil Paynter

      ‘Holy Ground’ contains liturgies and worship resources on a range of subjects and concerns: globalisation, food, water, HIV/Aids, the environment, interfaith dialogue, prisoners of conscience, 20th century martyrs, homelessness, racism…

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