Gewalt überwinden?

Gewalt und Gewaltverzicht in biblischen Texten und in der Arbeit der Polizei

By (author) Stefan Alkier By (author) Werner Schiewek

Book cover: Gewalt überwinden?

Extent: 211 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Biblische Argumente in offentlichen Debatten

Series volume number: 4

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(December 2024)

ISBN: 9783506796554

5.31 x 8.46 inches

Price: $52.00

In stock

The killing of George Floyd by a police operation led to a conflict-ridden discourse on the necessity and limits of state violence. This monograph contributes to the current social discourse on violence by examining the tense relationship between necessary and even demanded violence in police work as well as the possibilities of containing violence. The authors put forward the provocative thesis that violence is also inscribed in the biblical understanding of God and that it has always been and will always be part of the experience of human coexistence. Biblical visions of non-violence cannot completely overcome violence. However, they can contribute to an ethical discourse that recognizes the necessity of state violence and, for this very reason, resolutely pushes for the containment of state-legitimized violence.

Stefan Alkier studierte Evangelische Theologie, Germanistik und Philosophie in Münster, Bonn und Hamburg. Zurzeit arbeitet er als Professor für Neues Testament und Geschichte der Alten Kirche an der Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
Werner Schiewek ist Pfarrer. Von 2001 bis 2023 war er Lehrbeauftragter für Ethik im Polizeiberuf an der Deutschen Hochschule der Polizei in Münster.

  • By (author) Stefan Alkier
  • By (author) Werner Schiewek