The Bible is sometimes rejected by people who consider it aviolent book. But, in fact, the Bible is very concerned withthe problem of violence. It describes how violenceoriginated in our world and in the human heart. The readerwill come away with an understanding of the personaltendency toward violence and how the Bible upends it. Thereader will also gain an understanding of the historicalcontexts in which the violent texts of the Bible must be readin order to come to a new understanding of them.Anyone committed to nonviolence will discover in this bookhow the Bible supports their commitment.The book concludes with a hopeful message: the Bibleteaches us how to overcome violence in our society today.
