God and Guns, C. L. Crouch
God and Guns, C. L. Crouch
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God and Guns
The Bible Against American Gun Culture

Author: C. L. Crouch, Christopher B. Hays

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/18/2022

Synopsis

Using the Bible as the foundational source and guide, while also bringing contemporary sociological data to the conversation, seven biblical scholars and theologians construct a powerful dialogue about gun violence in America, concluding that guns are incompatible with the God of Christian Scripture. God and Guns is the first book to argue against gun culture from a biblical studies perspective. Bringing the Bible into conversation with contemporary sociological data, the volume breaks new exegetical and critical ground and lays the foundations for further theological work. The scholars assembled in this volume construct a powerful argument against gun violence, concluding that a self-identity based on guns is incompatible with Christian identity. Drawing on their expertise in the Bible's ancient origins and modern usage, they present striking new insights involving psychology, ethics, race, gender, and culture. This collection, carefully edited for clarity and accessibility, will change conversations—and our culture.

Contributors include:

● T. M. Lemos

● David Lincicum

● Shelly Matthews

● Yolanda Norton

● Brent A. Strawn

About C. L. Crouch

C. L. Crouch is David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East, Israel and the Assyrians, The Making of Israel, An Introduction to the Study of Jeremiah, and Translating Empire (cowritten with J. M. Hutton).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joey on February 11, 2025

Overall this was a good and thought provoking argument of why guns and Christianity are not compatible. It gets at the core of gun ownership which is that even though gun owners might soften it by saying they have it for “protection,” they have in some way come to grips with taking someone’s life an......more

Goodreads review by Zane on November 10, 2022

Read for a church discussion group. This collection of essays, which originated as a conference on gun violence at Fuller Theological Seminary, is something of a mixed bag, as is often the case with such books: a few of the essays are barn-burners and a few of them address the topic in such a scatte......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on February 01, 2022

The collection of essays in this book was rather eye-opening. However, not eye-opening in the way that the authors likely intended. While some small portions of the book make convincing arguments, many of the arguments from the various authors are made from the standpoint of those willing to simply......more

Goodreads review by Christina on November 07, 2022

This is a collection of essays that originated with a scholarly conference. All address the problem of gun violence. All the essays are thought-provoking. I was hoping for a more systematic approach to the topic of the Bible and Gun Violence, but the essays were well worth reading, especially if you......more

Goodreads review by Howard on June 14, 2022

God and Guns: The Bible against American Gun Culture comes at a critical time in the gun safety debate. It addresses the difficult reality that many Christians who believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God consider gun ownership a divine right. The essays in this volume are unequivocal in the......more

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