Violence to Eternity

by Morny Joy, Jeremy R. Carrette, Grace M. Jantzen

Book Overview

In this volume Grace M. Jantzen continues her groundbreaking analysis of death and beauty in western thought by examining the religious roots of death and violence in the Jewish and Christian tradition, which underlie contemporary values.

She shows how man's fear of the female is often implicated in religious violence and in her critique of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament she examines a range of themes that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041529035X
• ISBN13: 9780415290357
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"