The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred
Liberation from the Myth of Sanctioned Violence
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2007
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Publisher's Description
This book represents the first comprehensive application to the whole Bible of Rene Girard's theories on violence, civilization, and religion.
Endorsements (3)
Foreword
“A delight . . . this eminently readable book should have a great impact not only on biblical scholars, but on all cultivated readers concerned with the rise of nihilism and eager to follow the great philosophical and religious debate that is now raging all around us.”
“Williams has given us a profound meditation on the Bible, which shows the subtle interaction of grace and the sacred in its pages, a richly textured tapestry of sin and salvation which describes the struggle of divine mercy to manifest itself in the midst of human mendacity, in the real world beyond the text, where we all live and search for truth.”
“This book deserves a careful, critical consideration by those who look into the Jewish and Christian traditions for insight in understanding and healing the interconnection between violence and religion.”
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