Death and the displacement of beauty / 2 Violence to eternity / Grace Jantzen. Ed. by Jeremy Carrette ...

Introduction : was it "very good"? -- Violence, desire, and creation -- Imagining natality : narrative and utopia -- The finger of God -- The chosen ones : death and the covenant -- "I am a jealous God" : monotheism and holy war -- "When I see the blood" : sacrifice --...

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Published in:Death and the displacement of beauty
Main Author: Jantzen, Grace 1948-2006 (Author)
Contributors: Carrette, Jeremy R. 1965- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2009
In: Death and the displacement of beauty
Edition:1. publ.
Further subjects:B Violence in the Bible
B Bible Feminist criticism
B Violence Religious aspects Christianity History
B Feminist Theology
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Summary:Introduction : was it "very good"? -- Violence, desire, and creation -- Imagining natality : narrative and utopia -- The finger of God -- The chosen ones : death and the covenant -- "I am a jealous God" : monotheism and holy war -- "When I see the blood" : sacrifice -- Beauty for ashes -- The birth of Christ and early Christianity : setting the scene -- Covenant in Christendom -- Medieval deaths and delights -- Reading medieval mystics -- Feminism and flourishing
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0415290341
Contains:: Death and the displacement of beauty