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Ruth and Esther

Ruth and Esther

Riggs, Marcia Y.

Hardcover

Series: Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible

Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $40.00

ISBN10: 0664232507
ISBN13: 9780664232504
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: Apr 22 2025
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Ruth and Esther theologically examines Ruth and Esther as moral agents who overcome gendered violence with moral courage and imagination.

In this volume of the Belief commentary series, Marcia Y. Riggs brings a womanist, social-ethical reading of the books of Ruth and Esther to reveal the intersection of various forms of gendered violence-social, political, ethnic, economic. Riggs insightfully invites readers to examine how Ruth and Esther are social actors and moral agents responding constructively to gendered violence in their contexts, and she offers historical and contemporary examples of gendered violence to juxtapose with the experiences of Ruth and Esther. In the process, readers are inspired to ask who are the Ruths and Esthers in our society. How is the church responding to the marginalization of these women? How are people of faith doing ministry in solidarity with the struggles of these women?

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