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S24-C14A, The Violence of the Biblical God
April 11 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
How do we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the Israelites to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan. Jesus commands God’s people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is approved at one point and condemned at another? Rev. James Hughes’ presentations can help us to understand the paradox of God’s participation in violence.
Father Hughes will be using a book by L. Daniel Hawk called The Violence of the Biblical God. New and used copies are available from several book dealers.
Presenter: The Rev. James Hughes
The Rev. James Hughes holds bachelor’s degrees in both philosophy and the classics from St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia. He holds master’s degrees in both biblical studies and systematic theology from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1982. More recently he studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary, which led to being received as an Episcopal Priest in December of 2016. Currently he serves as an associate priest at Trinity Episcopal Church in Manassas. Father Jim worked for the Library of Congress for 23 years in the Visitor Services Office. As of this spring, he will have taught 17 classes for LLI-Manassas.
LLI Coordinator: Nancy Osborne