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Zusatztext How does one bring one's faith to bear on current issues? The writers in The Bible in Political Debate provide a useful service in showing what the Bible does not say and what those calling themselves evangelical are not entitled to claim. Informationen zum Autor Frances Flannery is Director at the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and Peace, and Professor of Religion at James Madison University, USA. Rodney A. Werline is Professor of Religious Studies, Leman and Marie Barnhill Endowed Chair in Religious Studies, and Director, Barton College Center for Religious Studies at Barton College, USA. Klappentext Politicians and pundits regularly invoke the Bible in social and political debates on a host of controversial social and political issues, including: abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage, the death penalty, separation of church and state, family values, climate change, income distribution, teaching evolution in schools, taxation, school prayer, aid for the poor, and immigration. But is the Bible often used out of context in these major debates? This book includes essays by fourteen biblical scholars who examine the use of the Bible in political debates, uncovering the original historical contexts and meanings of the biblical verses that are commonly cited. The contributors take a non-confessional approach, rooted in non-partisan scholarship, to show how specific texts have at times been distorted in order to support particular views. At the same time, they show how the Bible can sometimes make for unsettling reading in the modern day. The key questions remain: What does the Bible really say? Should the Bible be used to form public policy?In a hashtag society where the Bible is tacked on to every political argument, this book digs a little deeper to uncover what the Bible actually says about various political issues. Zusammenfassung Politicians and pundits regularly invoke the Bible in social and political debates on a host of controversial social and political issues, including: abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage, the death penalty, separation of church and state, family values, climate change, income distribution, teaching evolution in schools, taxation, school prayer, aid for the poor, and immigration. But is the Bible often used out of context in these major debates? This book includes essays by fourteen biblical scholars who examine the use of the Bible in political debates, uncovering the original historical contexts and meanings of the biblical verses that are commonly cited. The contributors take a non-confessional approach, rooted in non-partisan scholarship, to show how specific texts have at times been distorted in order to support particular views. At the same time, they show how the Bible can sometimes make for unsettling reading in the modern day. The key questions remain: What does the Bible really say? Should the Bible be used to form public policy? Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Bible and Political Debate: What Does it Really Say? – Frances Flannery, James Madison University, U.S.A. and Rodney Werline, Barton College, Wilson, North Carolina, U.S.A. Part I: The Bible in Contemporary Political Debate 1. The Bible and Family Values (Marriage is Between One Man and One Woman) – Andrew Klumpp and Jack Levison, Southern Methodist University 2. Diasporas "R" Us: Attitudes Toward Immigrants in the Bible – Hector Avalos 3. Ending a Life that Has Not Begun – Abortion in the Bible, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands 4. Senators, Snowballs, and Scripture: The Bible and Climate Change – Frances Flannery, James Madison University, U.S.A. 5. Work, Poverty and Welfare, Rodney A. Werline, Barton College, Wilson, North Carolina, U.S.A. 6. Culture Wars, the Bible, and Homosexua...
