PEACE THEOLOGY 101

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

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PEACE THEOLOGY 101

PEACE THEOLOGY 101Introduction to Peace Theology.

This course will help the students to appreciate and to evaluate a biblical understanding and contemporary practice of Peace Theology. Such evaluation will be done within the framework of social sciences and informed from the perspective of biblical theology.

The students will be intellectually, emotionally, and volitionally involved in the current discussions on the meanings, proposals, and tasks of Peace Theology.

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

DEVELOPING ATANAKH

THEOLOGY OFPEACE

1. Both ancient materials and younger materials emphasize Yahweh’s miracle, with more mention of active human response.

2. Ancient and new material distinctly emphasize Yahweh’s miracle vis-à-vis Assyrian Annals.

3. Yahweh leadership as King is comparable to ancient Near Eastern writings.

4. THE CONQUEST ASYAHWEH’S WAR

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

HOW DO WE DEVELOP

A TANAKHTHEOLOGYOF PEACE?

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

GOD’S COSMIC SHALOM STORYAND OUR PARTICULAR SHALOM-STORY-BUILDING

OUR HUMAN STORY

OUR PEOPLE’S STORY

OUR MINISTRY’S STORY

IN THEBEGINNING

AT THEEND OF TIME

GENESIS REVELATION

OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM

YAHWEH’S STORYThe Biblical Story

Adapted from Bryant L. Myers, WALKING WITH THE POOR (Orbis Books, 2006), p. 22

THE CONTEXTS OF SHALOM-BUILDING

Perhaps like watching a Hebrew community-basedconflict transformation process in a court of law?

TESTIMONYDISPUTE

ADVOCACY

HOW DO WE READ THEHEBREW SCRIPTURE FROM

A PEACE THEOLOGICAL SET OF LENSES?

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

Inspired byWalter Brueggemann

Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, and Advocacy.Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.

PEACE THEOLOGY 101