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In Captive to the Word of God, eminent theologian Miroslav Volf invites readers to dip with him into the deep well of Scripture—to look over his shoulder as he engages actively with the Bible, which, as he notes, is at once a sacred text, a witness to Jesus Christ, and the site of God’s self-revelation for the sake of humanity’s salvation. After a probing explanation of how and why he uses...

violence with an embrace. But how can people give up violence in the midst of a life-threatening conflict if their identity is wrapped up in rejecting the beliefs and practices of their enemies? Only those who refuse to be defined by their enemies can bless them. There is a strange tension in 1 Peter between the stress on difference and attempts at acculturation. This tension has given rise to opposing interpretations of the purpose of the letter as a whole. The dominant
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