Essays about: "Enemy love"

Found 2 essays containing the words Enemy love.

1. 1. Enemy Love and Apocalyptic Genocide : Views on Military Violence and Pacifism Among Swedish Pentecostals 1967-1971

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kyrko- och missionsstudier

   Author : Micael Grenholm; [2021]
   Keywords : Pentecostalism; Pacifism; Nonviolence; War Ethics; Sweden; Eschatology; pingströrelsen; pacifism; ickevåld; krigsetik; eskatologi; dispensationalism;

   Abstract : Pentecostals were the largest religious group among conscientious objectors in Sweden between 1967 and 1971, a time characterized by passionate debates on the ethics of war in the shadows of Vietnam and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This thesis aims to review and analyze how the Pentecostal periodicals Evangelii Härold and Dagen described and ethically motivated military violence and pacifism in different contexts during this period. READ MORE

3. 2. Love your Enemy – as a Palestinian. A study on the Reception of Matthew 5:38 – 48 among Christian Palestinians

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Katja Ekman; [2013]
   Keywords : Enemy love; turn the other cheek; Matthew 5:38 – 48; Palestine; reception; non-violence; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : What does it mean to follow Jesus’ commandment to love your enemy and turn the other cheek, as a Palestinian Christian? In this work, the reception of Matthew 5:38 – 48 is examined in the context of Palestinian Christians under the present-day Israeli occupation. Six individuals were interviewed in September 2012. READ MORE