Fragile dignity
Subtitle: intercontextual conversations on scriptures, family, and violence
By: edited by L. Juliana Claassens and Klaas Spronk
Series: Semeia studies / Society of Biblical Literature -- number 72; Semeia studies -- no. 72.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781589838956; 9781589838963; 9781589838970
Subjects: Dignity; Life; Families; Gewalttätigkeit; Violence; Family violence; Christianity; Familie; Theologische Ethik; Biblical teaching; Church work with families; Menschenwürde
Description: Introduction /Julie Claassens and Klaas Spronk --The hermeneutics of dignity /Frits de Lange --Response /Gerrit Brand --Figuring God and humankind : the imago Dei in view of anthropologies in the Old Testament /Hendrik Bosman --Response /Klaas Spronk --External response: The givenness of human dignity /Beverley E. Mitchell --A true disgrace? the representation of violence against women in the Book of Lamentations and in J.M. coetzee's novel Disgrace /L. Juliana M. Claassens --Response /Dorothea Erbele-Køster --Birth as creation under threat . Biblical-theological reflections on assisted reproductive technologies /Dorothea Erbele-Køster --Response /Charlene van der Walt --Human dignity, families and violence : the New Testament as resource? /Jeremey Punt --Response /Magda Misset-van de Weg --External response: A fragile dignity : intercontextual conversation on scripture, family and violence /Elsa Tamez --Dignity in the family? Analyzing our ambiguous relationship to the family and theological suggestions towards overcoming it /Petruschka Schaafsma --Response /Robert Vosloo --Empowering those who suffer domestic violence : the necessity of a different theological imagery /Anne-Claire Mulder --Response /Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel --External response: Family and its discontents /Cheryl B. Anderson --Missing links in mainline churches : Biblical life stories and their claim in todaýs family preaching /Ciska Stark --Response /Ian Nell --"Household" (dis)loyalties and violence in Judges 14 and 15 : dignity of gendered and religious "others" in a dialogical theological praxis /D. Xolile Simon and Lee-Ann J. Simon --Response /Leo Koffeman --Women and honor in Bible and Qur'an /Gø Speelman --Response /Yusuf Wagid --External response: Fragile dignity : family, honor, scripture /Monica J. Melanchton --Reflections on reflections : rights, in/dignity, in/equality, faith; the Bible as universal medicine? /Athalya Brenner.
Notes: "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 bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Julie Claassens and Klaas Spronk; title: The hermeneutics of dignity  -- Frits de Lange; title: Response  -- Gerrit Brand; title: Figuring God and humankind : the imago Dei in view of anthropologies in the Old Testament  -- Hendrik Bosman; title: Response  -- Klaas Spronk; title: External response: The givenness of human dignity  -- Beverley E. Mitchell; title: A true disgrace? the representation of violence against women in the Book of Lamentations and in J.M. coetzee's novel Disgrace  -- L. Juliana M. Claassens; title: Response  -- Dorothea Erbele-Køster; title: Birth as creation under threat . Biblical-theological reflections on assisted reproductive technologies  -- Dorothea Erbele-Køster; title: Response  -- Charlene van der Walt; title: Human dignity, families and violence : the New Testament as resource?  -- Jeremey Punt; title: Response  -- Magda Misset-van de Weg; title: External response: A fragile dignity : intercontextual conversation on scripture, family and violence  -- Elsa Tamez; title: Dignity in the family? Analyzing our ambiguous relationship to the family and theological suggestions towards overcoming it  -- Petruschka Schaafsma; title: Response  -- Robert Vosloo; title: Empowering those who suffer domestic violence : the necessity of a different theological imagery  -- Anne-Claire Mulder; title: Response  -- Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel; title: External response: Family and its discontents  -- Cheryl B. Anderson; title: Missing links in mainline churches : Biblical life stories and their claim in todaýs family preaching  -- Ciska Stark; title: Response  -- Ian Nell; title: "Household" (dis)loyalties and violence in Judges 14 and 15 : dignity of gendered and religious "others" in a dialogical theological praxis  -- D. Xolile Simon and Lee-Ann J. Simon; title: Response  -- Leo Koffeman; title: Women and honor in Bible and Qur'an  -- Gø Speelman; title: Response  -- Yusuf Wagid; title: External response: Fragile dignity : family, honor, scripture  -- Monica J. Melanchton; title: Reflections on reflections : rights, in/dignity, in/equality, faith; the Bible as universal medicine? -- Athalya Brenner.