Holy war in the Bible :  Christian morality and an Old Testament problem / 
Edited by Heath Thomas, Jeremy Evans and Paul Copan. 
 - Downers Grove, IL :  IVP Academic,  c2013. 
 - 352 p. ;  pbk ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 : The challenge of "Holy War" for Christian morality.<br/>1. Orientation amidst the diversity : an introduction to the volume / Geth Allison and Reid Powell --<br/>2. Joshua and the Crusades / Douglas S. Earl. Part 2 : Old Testament perspectives.<br/>3. Martial memory, peaceable vision : divine war in the Old Testament / Stephen B. Chapman --<br/>4. A neglected witness to "Holy War" in the writings / Heath A. Thomas. Part 3 : New Testament Perspectives.<br/>5. The rhetoric of divine warfare in Ephesians / Timothy G. Gombis --<br/>6. Vengence, wrath and warfare as images of divine justice in John's apocalypse / Alan S. Bandy. Part 4 : Biblical-theological perspectives.<br/>7. Compassion and wrath as motivations for divine warfare / David Lamb --<br/>8. Holy war and [cherem]: a biblical theology of [cherem] / Douglas S. Earl. Part 5 : Ethical and philosophical perspectives.<br/>9. Crusade in the Old Testament and today / Daniel R. Heimbach --<br/>10. The ethics of "Holy War"for Christian morality and theology / Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan --<br/>11. The prophets' call for peacemaking practices / Glenn Harold Stassen --<br/>12 "Holy War," divine action and the new atheism : philosophical considerations / Robert Stewart. Part 6 : Theological perspectives.<br/>13. The unholy notion of "Holy War" : a Christian critique / Murray Rae --<br/>14. "Holy War" and the new atheism / Stephen N. Williams. Afterword.<br/>Old Testament "Holy War" and Christian morality : where do we go from here? / Jeremy Evans and Heath Thomas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780830839957 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Holy War--religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>261.873/HOL