The War on Terrorism and the Terror of God

By Lee Griffith

Book Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. Uniquely relevant to a world shaken by recent acts of terror, this provocative analysis of our culture of violence calls people of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802839355
• ISBN13: 9780802839350
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

The War on Terrorism

The book is an excellent resource concerning terrorism, which has been the concern today. It focuses on the ethics of terrorism and uses a scriptural foundation to validate reasoning. I am almost finished with this book. I am using this book as a part of our readings in a class on the Ethics and Theology of Violence in seminary.

A serious work with thoughts about not becoming 'the enemy'

Even Griffith's most adamant detractors must concede that he makes a substantial and strong case for his point of view, from the perspective of theology, history, and deeply considered ethics. He does have a definite point of view, and it is not one that is deferential towards the powers-that-be, here or elsewhere. He points out the sad state of moral equivalence between terrorist and counter-terrorist that is our present paradigm

A Very Important Perspective

Lee Griffith presents a logical perspective that seems to have been ignored in the hysteria that has followed the events of September 11, 2001. (Interestingly Griffith wrote his book before those events.) Griffith points out that our response to terrorism has basically been to terrorize the terrorists, which forces the terrorists to just increase thier commitment to violence. Griffith also presents an important Christian prespective that we miss far too often. We have divided the world into good and evil realms and have concluded that it is up to the realm of good to defeat the evil realm. However, Jesus never divided the world into good and evil, he saw the entire world as good, but fallen and in need of redemption.

A Great Book, A Profound Book

This is the finest, most eloquent book on our current situation that I 've read, and I've read quite a few since the fall. Terrorism never works, whether it's state terrorism or non state. Legitimate grievances canot be addressed or avenged by violence. The author makes the case that there is no biblical justification for terrorism and absolutely none for violent response to terrorism. His reading of the Bible is spot on.Finally someone has the courage to oppose these awful wars, including the American terrorism, and tell the truth. Violence and murder are immoral and never work, even in retaliation for violence.Read this book. Pass it on.