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Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can't Ignore the Bible's Violent Verses

Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can't Ignore the Bible's Violent Verses


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Philip Jenkins delivers a fearless examination of the darkand violent verses of the Bible—and a call for us to read them anew in pursuitof a richer, more honest faith. From “one of America’s best scholars ofreligion” (The Economist), this daring exploration of the Scripture’smost difficult passages forces us to confront and accept the violence that wasas integral to the formulation of Christianity’s message as it was for manyother of the world’s religions, and shows us how a full understanding of theScripture will allow us to finally move towards a more peaceful, spiritualworld. Readers of Bart Ehrman’s God’s Problem,John Selby Spong’s The Sins of Scripture, andJenkins’s own The Jesus Wars, as well as every Christian eager to squarethe recurrent violence of the Scripture with Christianity’s enduring message ofpeace, will find these difficult questions explored in full in Laying Downthe Sword.

About the Author :
Philip Jenkins, the author of The Lost History of Christianity, Jesus Wars, and The Next Christendom, has a joint appointment as the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of the Humanities in history and religious studies at Penn State University and as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. He has published articles and op-ed pieces in The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe and has been a guest on top national radio shows across the US.

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"A provocative and timely comparison of the legacies of violence in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. With verve and sweeping insight, Jenkins challenges all of our stereotypical assumptions about religion, bloodshed, and terror." -- Thomas S. Kidd, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution "This book is a wonderful example of the kind of rigorous work Christians must do if they are to retain intellectual credibility." -- Patrick Allitt, The American Conservative "Jenkins has outdone himself. This is by far the best piece of work he has ever done, dealing with one of the most controversial issues Christians struggle with day-in and day-out." -- Tony Campolo


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780061990724
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperOne
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 248 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0061990728
  • Publisher Date: 06 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Why We Can't Ignore the Bible's Violent Verses
  • Width: 144 mm


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