Violence to eternity
By: Grace Jantzen ; edited by Jeremy Carrette and Morny Joy.
Contributors: Carrette, Jeremy R.; Joy, Morny.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415290340; 9780415290357; 9780203890929
Subjects: Bible -- Feminist criticism; Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History; Feminist theology; Violence in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : was it "very good"?; title: Violence, desire, and creation; title: Imagining natality : narrative and utopia; title: The finger of God; title: The chosen ones : death and the covenant; title: "I am a jealous God" : monotheism and holy war; title: "When I see the blood" : sacrifice; title: Beauty for ashes; title: The birth of Christ and early Christianity : setting the scene; title: Covenant in Christendom; title: Medieval deaths and delights; title: Reading medieval mystics; title: Feminism and flourishing.