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The Early Church on Killing – A Comprehensive Sourcebook on War, Abortion, and Capital Punishment
Ronald J. Sider
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCX6. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
What did the early church believe about killing? What was its view on abortion? How did it approach capital punishment and war? Noted theologian and bestselling author Ron Sider lets the testimony of the early church speak in the first of a three-volume series on biblical peacemaking. This book provides in English translation all extant data directly relevant to the witness of the early church until Constantine on killing. Primarily, it draws data from early church writings, but other evidence, such as archaeological finds and Roman writings, is included. Sider taps into current evangelical interest in how the ... Read more
What did the early church believe about killing? What was its view on abortion? How did it approach capital punishment and war? Noted theologian and bestselling author Ron Sider lets the testimony of the early church speak in the first of a three-volume series on biblical peacemaking. This book provides in English translation all extant data directly relevant to the witness of the early church until Constantine on killing. Primarily, it draws data from early church writings, but other evidence, such as archaeological finds and Roman writings, is included. Sider taps into current evangelical interest in how the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ada, MI, United States
ISBN
9780801036309
SKU
V9780801036309
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99-50
About Ronald J. Sider
Ronald J. Sider (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience.
Reviews for The Early Church on Killing – A Comprehensive Sourcebook on War, Abortion, and Capital Punishment
"An exceedingly careful, measured study of the literary evidence left by the early church on the morality of killing. It should prove to be authoritative in this field."
David P. Gushee, Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University
David P. Gushee, Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University