Tortured Readings: Hermeneutics & the Authorization of State Violence

CURA Colloquium Zirkle's working paper chapter explores how in both a 19th-c German context and a 21-c US context, scriptural hermeneutics have been weaponized to justify imperial violence against religious minorities. This chapter will be appearing in a forthcoming Routledge volume, Is There a Bomb in this Text? Exploring Relationships Between Scripture and Violence, eds. Julia Snyder and Daniel H. Weiss. Reading the paper in advance is required for attendance. Email cura@bu.edu for a copy. Co-sponsored with the School of Theology

Speaker(s): Alexandra Zirkle, Post-Doctoral Associate, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies
When
Friday, Jan 25, 2019 at 12:00pm until 1:30pm on Friday, Jan 25, 2019
Where
232 Bay State Rd. (505)
Who
Open to General Public
Admission is free
More Info http://www.bu.edu/cura/colloquium-18-19/
Contact
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