In this book, which has grown out of the 1986 Ferguson Lectures given at the University of Manchester, Dr Kee argues that in recent times there has been an interesting shift in the role of religion. Historically it has been on the side of domination in the spheres of gender, race and class, but there are indications that it might now be on the side of liberation. This argument is illustrated fr…
Tidak selamanya menghibur itu dengan kata kata manis . Penguatan dengan doa dan meresapi masalah, itulah yang akan membuatnya mengerti bahwa kita peduli dengannya. Saat memanggul salib ke puncak Kalvari, Yesus pun merasa terhibur hanya dengan kehadiran ibu Nya, Maria. Seuntai kata kata indah mungkin menyiratkan sejuta makna yang menyejukkan jiwa. Namun, tindakan nyata kitalah yang menentukan ak…
Professor Trible focuses on four variations upon the theme of terror in the Bible. By combining the discipline of literary criticism with the hermeneutics of feminism, she reinterprets the tragic stories of four women in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine, and the daughter of Jephthah. In highlighting the silence, absence, and opposition of God, as well as human cruelty, Trible …