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Trajectories of Justice - What the Bible Says about Slaves, Women, and Homosexuality (Paperback)
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Trajectories of Justice - What the Bible Says about Slaves, Women, and Homosexuality (Paperback)
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Loot Price R551
Discovery Miles 5 510
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The Bible proclaims a message of liberation. Though the Bible arose
in an age when slavery and patriarchalism permeated society, the
biblical authors sought to elevate the rights of slaves, the poor,
and women. Their attempts to elevate the oppressed set in motion a
trajectory of evolution, which we should still be advancing today.
Critics of the Bible declare that it accepts slavery and the
subordination of women, but they fail to understand the biblical
texts in their historical context. For their age the biblical
authors were advanced in their understanding of human rights, and
the democratic values we hold today actually resulted from their
early attempts to affirm the dignity and rights of slaves and
women. It is equally important that we critique those spokespersons
of the church who quote the Bible literally but have lost sight of
its historical context so that they might still subordinate women
today. Such spokespersons also declare that the Bible condemns
homosexuality. But a closer reading of the text discerns that those
few passages that address same-sex relations actually condemn rape,
ritual prostitution, and master-slave relations. To use the Bible
to condemn people is to misuse the Bible.
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