Bible and Contemporary Violence | From the Rising to the Setting Sun | CSBV Conference 2021
Helen Paynter
158.00
19 July 2021
17 November 2025
From the Rising to the Setting Sun: Global Perspectives on the Bible and Violence
Session 01: Bible and Contemporary Violence
Centre Director — Dr. Helen Paynter
Session Convenor — Dr. Michael Spalione
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mathew Feldman
Keynote Adress: "From Christian witness to Christianism: Thomas Merton, ideology and religious violence"
Presenters:
Aaron Woods (Hebrew Teaching Adjunct, Asbury Theological Seminary), “Jeremiah and Israel’s (New?) Promise land: Reading Jeremiah 29 as a challenge to Christian Zionism”
Louis W. Ndekha (Theology and Religious Studies, University of Malawi), “‘Loving the Enemy’ and Mob Justice in Malawi: A Contextual Reading of Luke 6:27-29"
Maria Power (Senior Research Fellow in Human Dignity, University of Oxford), “Overcoming conflict-generating interpretations of the Bible: some lessons from Northern Ireland”
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