The execution of God : encountering the death penalty / Jeff Hood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hood, Jeff, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.

Capital punishment.

Capital punishment--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Saint Louis, Missouri : Chalice Press, 2017.

Summary:

We kill. We kill each other. We kill God. The altar of the death chamber is open, the hour of execution upon us. Is there salvation amidst the horror of the death penalty? We must save to get saved. We must save our God. How will we encounter the execution of God? Will we save or will we kill? In this stunning fusion of biblical interpretation and memoir, radical theologian of mercy Jeff Hood takes us on a unique spiritual journey into the heart of the death penalty. The Execution of God is a powerful invitation to encounter God in the last place we expect divinity to dwell...on the gurney. The Execution of God will invite you to re-examine your belief in the ultimate punishment and consider: How the death penalty kills our relationship with GodThe idea that the divine image of God dwells in those on death row. How we cannot be both people of love and people of murder. How our cultural obsession with violence harms our spiritual life. How to stop the killing and join the work of abolition and restoration

Contents:

Cover

Praise for The Execution of God

Copyright

CONTENTS

PREFACE

DEATH NOTES

ORIGINS

CERTAINTY

BODIES

CONCLUSIONS

BENEDICTION

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 20, 2017).

ISBN:

9780827208537

0827208537

9780827208520

0827208529