Description
In his sharp, observant book, Stan Goff grapples with a problem crucial to modern Christian values. The sanctification of war and contempt for women are both grounded in a fear that breeds hostility, a hostility that valorises conquest and murder. In 'Borderline', Goff dissects the driving force behind the darkest impulses of the human heart. The un-Christian history of loving war and hating women are not merely similar but two sides of the same coin, he argues, in an 'autobiography' that spans two millennia of war and misogyny. 'Borderline' is the personal and conceptual history of an American career army veteran transformed by Jesus into a passionate advocate for nonviolence, written by a man who narrates his conversion to Christianity through feminism.
About the Author
Stan Goff spent most of the final three decades of the twentieth century as a soldier - most of that in what is euphemistically called 'special operations'. He is sometimes a writer, sometimes an 'activist', sometimes a husband, dad, and granddad, and sometimes a gardener.
Reviews
"Goff's unique experiences enable him to narrate this story (often with lurid details and 'salty' language that may make some readers uncomfortable) from a rare perspective that few civilians could access on their own. It cannot be easily dismissed as a flaccid, pacifist indulgence in an over-realised eschatology. Rather than relegate justice to the 'sweet by and by', Goff's account gives Christians sufficient cause (and the tools with which) to interrogate contemporary accounts of gender and warfare." -Shawn Aghajan, Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 29 No. 3, August 2016 "Stan Goff's striking book - part memoir, part theological investigation of masculinity, part psychodynamic analysis of sex and war - .... is a relentless take-down of belief in redemptive violence, and war's ennobling character. .... [It] deserves a place on Christian Ethics, Feminist Studies, and War Studies courses." -The Revd Rachel Mann, Church Times, February 2017
Book Information
ISBN 9780718894078
Author Stan Goff
Format Paperback
Page Count 470
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 696g
About the Author
Stan Goff spent most of the final three decades of the twentieth century as a soldier - most of that in what is euphemistically called 'special operations'. He is sometimes a writer, sometimes an 'activist', sometimes a husband, dad, and granddad, and sometimes a gardener.
Reviews
"Goff's unique experiences enable him to narrate this story (often with lurid details and 'salty' language that may make some readers uncomfortable) from a rare perspective that few civilians could access on their own. It cannot be easily dismissed as a flaccid, pacifist indulgence in an over-realised eschatology. Rather than relegate justice to the 'sweet by and by', Goff's account gives Christians sufficient cause (and the tools with which) to interrogate contemporary accounts of gender and warfare." -Shawn Aghajan, Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 29 No. 3, August 2016 "Stan Goff's striking book - part memoir, part theological investigation of masculinity, part psychodynamic analysis of sex and war - .... is a relentless take-down of belief in redemptive violence, and war's ennobling character. .... [It] deserves a place on Christian Ethics, Feminist Studies, and War Studies courses." -The Revd Rachel Mann, Church Times, February 2017
Book Information
ISBN 9780718894078
Author Stan Goff
Format Paperback
Page Count 470
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 696g
