Consider all. Test All. Hold on to the good.
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Is God a Moral Monster?
Paul Copan (Baker Books: Jan 1, 2011), 252 pages.
Table of Contents
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- Part 1 Neo-Atheism
- 1 Who Are the New Atheists? 15
- 2 The New Atheists and the Old Testament God 20
- Part 2 God: Gracious Master or Moral Monster?
- 3 Great Appetite for Praise and Sacrifices? Divine Arrogance or Humility? 27
- 4 Monumental Rage and Kinglike Jealousy? Understanding the Covenant-Making God 34
- 5 Child Abuse and Bullying? God’s Ways and the Binding of Isaac 42
- Part 3 Life in the Ancient Near East and in Israel
- 6 God’s Timeless Wisdom? Incremental Steps for Hardened Hearts 57
- 7 The Bible’s Ubiquitous Weirdness? Kosher Foods, Kooky Laws? (I) 70
- 8 The Bible’s Ubiquitous Weirdness? Kosher Foods, Kooky Laws? (II) 79
- 9 Barbarisms, Crude Laws, and Other Imaginary Crimes? Punishments and Other Harsh Realities in Perspective 87
- 10 Misogynistic? Women in Israel 101
- 11 Bride-Price? Polygamy, Concubinage, and Other Such Questions 110
- 12 Warrant for Trafficking in Humans as Farm Equipment? (I): Slavery in Israel 124
- 13 Warrant for Trafficking in Humans as Farm Equipment? (II): Challenging Texts on Slavery 135
- 14 Warrant for Trafficking in Humans as Farm Equipment? (III): Slavery in the New Testament 150
- 15 Indiscriminate Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing? The Killing of the Canaanites (I) 158
- 16 Indiscriminate Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing? The Killing of the Canaanites (II) 169
- 17 Indiscriminate Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing? The Killing of the Canaanites (III) 186
- 18 The Root of All Evil? Does Religion Cause Violence? 198
- Part 4 Sharpening the Moral Focus
- 19 Morality without a Lawgiving God? The Divine Foundation of Goodness 209
- 20 We Have Moved beyond This God (Haven’t We?): Jesus as the Fulfiller of the Old Testament 216
- Discussion/Study Questions 223
- Notes 235