THEO 325: Models of God: Home

"Throughout the book, Thatcher connects theological ideas, with broader, secular thought. It fills a gap in the literature by linking together the diverse themes of sexuality, gender and Christian thought in one coherent volume. Its comprehensive and even handed discussion of these issues will ensure it becomes a vital text in the field"-- Provided by publisher."

"Description: "Many of us can recall the targeting of South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh people in the wake of 9/11. We may be less aware, however, of the ongoing racism directed against these groups in the past decade and a half. In We Too Sing America, nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flashpoints, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the violent opposition to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and to the Park 51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan. Iyer asks whether hate crimes should be considered domestic terrorism and explores the role of the state in perpetuating racism through detentions, national registration programs, police profiling, and constant surveillance. She looks at topics including Islamophobia in the Bible Belt; the "Bermuda Triangle" of anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim hysteria; and the energy of new reform movements, including those of "undocumented and unafraid" youth and Black Lives Matter. In a book that reframes the discussion of race in America, a brilliant young activist provides ideas from the front lines of post-9/11 America. "--"

Description: Baptism and justice / Confirmation and justice / Eucharist and justice / Penance and justice / Marriage and justice / Orders and justice / Anointing of the sick and justice /

Description: Methodological issues : using sacred scripture in economic ethics -- Old Testament. Socioeconomic conditions : Biblical Israel -- Covenant and law -- Prophets -- Wisdom literature -- New Testament. Socioeconomic conditions : first-century Palestine -- Mark -- Matthew -- Luke-Acts -- Pauline letters and James -- Toward a Biblical theology of economic life. A divine order of conditional prosperity -- Gift of divine friendship : imitatio dei -- Gift of one another : mutual solicitude and care for the poor -- Gift of the earth : stewardship -- Summary and conclusions : economic life as participation in God's providence.

Description: Introduction -- The offensiveness of scripture -- Making sense of the Bible. The beginnings of the Bible -- Biblical nonsense -- The resistant Bible. Religion against the Bible -- The Bible in the metropolis -- The Bible as guidebook. Biblical tourism : Eça de Queiros and Mark Twain in Palestine -- The book of Dave versus the Bible -- The Bible, music and nationalism. When Jesus was (nearly) a Scot -- Jonah in Estonia, Joseph in Latvia -- Brucknerian transpositions --Animal Bible. The lion king -- Conversations with donkeys -- The sporting Bible. Wrestling the Bible -- The NASCAR Bible -- The survival of the Bible. Dispelling delusions : Dawkins, Dennett and biblical studies.

--Includes bibliographical references and index.--"It addresses the role the world's major religions will play in bringing either greater peace and justice or hatred and hostility into the global village."

This book provides a historical perspective that has been overturned.

"Written for undergraduates, this reference provides comprehensive coverage of the history, issues, and roles of women in religions around the world and across time"

Publisher: Nashville : Catholic Bible Press