America and its guns :a theological expos{acute}e /James E. Atwood ; [with a foreword by Walter Brueggemann]
Description
A tale of two guns -- Closing the door on discussion -- Guns as idols : a risk or reality? -- Commandments : more than rules-relationships -- Violence lite and its insatiable observers -- The language of a gun culture -- Violence in our DNA -- The principalities and the powers -- The idol's greatest need -- The idol's greatest strength -- The idol can't keep its promises -- The idol transforms people and communities -- The idol requires human sacrifice -- The Second Amendment and freedom -- Fifty laws and policies that perpetuate murder and disorder -- Expanding and exporting our gun culture -- What to say at the scene of a mass shooting -- A message ot peacemakers and most members of the NRA -- A wake up call for the faith community.
xx, 228 pages :illustrations ;24 cm
Book Details
Author
Atwood, James E.
Place Published
City
Eugene, Ore.
Publication Subjects
Religion and politics--United States.
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
Gun control--United States.
Firearms--Law and legislation.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00925588
Gun control.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00949382
Religion and politics.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01093842
Call No.
BL65 .V55 A89 2012
ISBN
9781610978255, 1610978250
LCCN
2011279513
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226)
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [2012]
Publication Info: {copy}2012