Surviving terror : hope and justice in a world of violence / edited by Victoria Lee Erickson and Michelle Lim Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erickson, Victoria Lee, 1955-

Jones, Michelle Lim, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Violence.

Physical Description:

334 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, [2002]

Summary:

Terror -- the threat or act of horrifying violence -- has long been a reality around the world. And after the enormous evil of September 11, 2001, even relatively insulated Americans cannot ignore the terrible effects and possibilities of lethal violence.

In Surviving Terror, Victoria Lee Erickson and Michelle Lim Jones have gathered an astonishing collection of essays that calls the church to respond to terror. Focusing on political, religious, spiritual, and other forms of terror, the essays provide a range of perspectives, from the historical and autobiographical to the theological and political.

The contributors to this striking and important book have all been inspired by the life and work of Korean minjung theologian David Kwang-sun Suh. They include such distinguished thinkers as Jurgen Moltmann, Kosuke Koyama, James Cone, and Katherine H.S. Moon. Surviving Terror is vital reading for ethicists, sociologists, theologians, political scientists, and those concerned with Southeast Asian political affairs.

Contents:

Part 1. History and Terror

1. Yearning for Freedom and Love in a Life of Terror / David Kwang-sun Suh 17

2. Terror and Japan's Colonization of Korea 1910-1945 / Kosuke Koyama 35

3. The Terror of History and the Memory of Redemption: Engaging the Ambiguities of the Christian Past / Dale T. Irvin 43

4. Troubled but Not Destroyed: A Reflection on Terror and Redemption in Contemporary Africa / Akintunde E. Akinada 56

5. Dethroning Violence and Terror: An Undercurrent in the Hebrew Bible / Jin Hee Han 66

6. Prophecy and Patriotism: A Tragic Dilemma from the Cross of Terror / Luis N. Rivera-Pagan 87

Part 2. Politics and Sociology of Terror

7. The Terror in Ourselves / Donald W. Shriver Jr. 105

8. Terror and Hope in the Minds of Russians / Tony Carnes 123

9. Mapping Love and Terror: Walking the Terrain of I AM Who Is Being-There / Victoria Lee Erickson 140

10. The Sexual Politics of Terror / Katharine H. S. Moon 159

Part 3. Theological Leadership through Terror

11. Calling the Oppressors to Account for Four Centuries of Terror / James H. Cone 175

12. Systemic Theology: Preliminary Principles / Timothy Light 184

13. Faith and Redemption Revisited in the Japanese Context / Hisashi Kajiwara 206

14. Korean Women's Christology: East Meets West / Michelle Lim Jones 216

Part 4. The Gospel Is Life in the Age of Terror

15. Threat and Terror in the New Testament / Robin Scroggs 235

16. Terror Next Door: A Homily on Extreme Fear in Our Midst / Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. 249

17. The Tortured Christ / Jurgen Moltmann 258

18. Terror and the Children of God: A Meditation on Fear and Ministry with Inner City Youth / Harold Dean Trulear 267

19. God Hears Their Cries; God Dries Their Tears / Jacqueline J. Lewis-Tillman 273

20. Self-Denial for Racists and Their Victims in Japan: A Homily / Andrew Sung Park 277

Part 5. Reflections on Christian Understandings of Terror

21. Small Actions against Terror: Jewish Reflections on a Christian Witness / Peter Ochs 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1587430282

OCLC:

48588953