The Bible and violence in Africa
Subtitle: papers presented at the BiAS meeting 2014 in Windhoek (Namibia), with some additional contributions
By: Johannes Hunter & Joachin Kügler (eds.)
Series: Bible in Africa studies = -- Études sur la Bible en Afrique = -- Bibel-in-Afrika-Studien -- volume 20; Bible in Africa studies -- v. 20
Publisher: University of Bamberg Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bamberg
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9783863093938
Subjects: Violence; Religious aspects; Christianity; Biblical teaching; Social conditions; Religion; Congresses; Violence in the Bible
Notes: Conference held July 2014 at University of Namibia, Windhoek; part of a biannual conference series on Bible in Africa Studies, organized by University of Bamberg with other colleagues.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English with 1 contribution in French.
Table of contents: title: How to deal with violence in Biblical texts  -- Ottmar Fuchs; title: The Bible and others: root of violence in Africa?  -- Jeremy Punt; title: Rethinking the role of group thought in religious violence and extremism  -- Obert Bernard Mlambo & Clive Tendai Zimunya; title: Compassion--a uniting and binding ethos for pluralistic Africa  -- Theophilius Ugebedeojo Ejeh; title: The historical Jesus and (non-)violence  -- Eben Scheffler; title: Marginalisation and electoral violence  -- Solomon Olusola Ademiluka; title: Rwanda, Auschwitz, Shechem--locations of violence in Africa, Europe and in the Bible  -- Stephanie Feder; title: The Bible and faith-based homophobia/homomisia in Africa  -- Joachim Kügler; title: Precursor to restoration: Biblical violence in perspective  -- Canisius Mwandayi & Lucky Hwati; title: Violence in Africa and violence in the atonement: possible solutions  -- Pieter Verster; title: The applicability of Jesus' ethics as a panacea to the thorny issue of peace and reconciliation in Zimbabwe, 2008-2013  -- Sheila Wimbai Chamburuka & Phillemon Munyaradzi Chamburuka; title: Proverbs 31 woman: Pentecostalism and 'disempowering femininities' and 'oppressive masculinities' in Zimbabwe  -- Kudzai Biri; title: The Pentecostal understanding of violence vs. peace in Zimbabwean society  -- Francis Machingura; title: The Bible, violence, women, and African Initiated Churches in Zimbabwe  -- Elizabeth Vengeyi; title: Zimbabweans and the prophetic frenzy  -- Molly Manyonganise; title: "A voice is heard in Ramah!" (Jeremiah 31-15)  -- Nyasha Madzokere & Francis Machingura; title: Christianisme et Islam au Cameroun -- Jacques Fulbert Owono.