The execution of god : encountering the death penalty / Jeff Hood
(2017)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Chalice Press, 2017
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9780827208520 (electronic bk.) MWT11968920, 0827208529 (electronic bk.) 11968920
LANGUAGE
English
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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 God - The 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

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