Fragile dignity : : intercontextual conversations on scriptures, family, and violence / / edited by L. Juliana Claassens and Klaas Spronk.

• TeilnehmendeR: Claassens, L. Juliana M., 1972-; Spronk, Klaas.
• Place / Publishing House: Atlanta : : Society of Biblical Literature,, [2013]; 2013
• Udgivelsesår: 2013
• Sprog: English
• Serier: Semeia studies ; no. 72
• Fysisk beskrivelse: 1 online resource (347 pages)
• Kommentarer: "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.
• Other title: Introduction /; The hermeneutics of dignity /; Response /; Figuring God and humankind : the imago Dei in view of anthropologies in the Old Testament /; External response: The givenness of human dignity /; A true disgrace? the representation of violence against women in the Book of Lamentations and in J.M. coetzee's novel Disgrace /; Birth as creation under threat . Biblical-theological reflections on assisted reproductive technologies /; Human dignity, families and violence : the New Testament as resource? /; External response: A fragile dignity : intercontextual conversation on scripture, family and violence /; Dignity in the family? Analyzing our ambiguous relationship to the family and theological suggestions towards overcoming it /; Empowering those who suffer domestic violence : the necessity of a different theological imagery /; External response: Family and its discontents /; Missing links in mainline churches : Biblical life stories and their claim in todays family preaching /; "Household" (dis)loyalties and violence in Judges 14 and 15 : dignity of gendered and religious "others" in a dialogical theological praxis /; Women and honor in Bible and Qur'an /; External response: Fragile dignity : family, honor, scripture /; Reflections on reflections : rights, in/dignity, in/equality, faith; the Bible as universal medicine? /
• Bibliografi: Includes bibliographies.
• ISBN: 9781589838956; 9781589838963
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by L. Juliana Claassens and Klaas Spronk.