Research Catalog

Title

The Love of enemy and nonretaliation in the New Testament / edited by Willard M. Swartley.

Publication

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/J. Knox Press, c1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

Swartley, Willard M., 1936-

Description

xv, 336 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in peace and scripture ; [v. 3]

Uniform Title

Studies in peace and scripture ; [v. 3].

Subject

• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Enemy in the Bible
• Evil, Non-resistance to > Biblical teaching
• Jesus Christ > Teachings
• Love > Biblical teaching

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-322) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"Love your enemies" : some reflections on the current status of research / William Klassen -- Transforming nonresistance : from lex talionis to "Do not resist the evil one" / Dorothy Jean Weaver -- Ethics and exegesis : "Love your enemies" and the doctrine of nonviolence / Richard A. Horsley -- Neither passivity nor violence : Jesus' third way (Matt. 5:38-42 par.) / Walter Wink -- Response to Walter Wink / Richard A. Horsley -- Counterresponse to Richard Horsley / Walter Wink -- Who is my enemy? : the parable of the Good Samaritan and the love of enemies / John R. Donahue, S.J. -- Luke's transforming of tradition : Eirēnē and love of enemy / Willard M. Swartley -- Paul's ethic of nonretaliation and peace / Gordon Zerbe -- "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God" : a theological response of the early Christian church to its social and political environment / Luise Schottroff -- Nonretaliation and the Haustafeln in 1 Peter / Mary H. Schertz -- Apocalyptic sectarianism and love commands : the Johannine Epistles and Revelation / Pheme Perkins -- Love for one another and love for enemies in the Gospel of John / David Rensberger.

ISBN

0664253547 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^92005219^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library