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	God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today?: Wrestling honestly with the Old Testament 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bible Doesn't Tell Me So: Why you don't have to submit to domestic abuse and coercive control 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blessed Are the Peacemakers: A Biblical Theology of Human Violence by Helen Paynter (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Lunde (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telling Terror in Judges 19: Rape and Reparation for the Levite’s wife 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closer to God Oct-Dec 2013 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and their Functions in the Book of Kings (Biblical Interpretation Series, 142) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead and Buried? Attending to the voices of the victim in the Old Testament and today: Towards an ethical reading of the Old Testament texts of violence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attending to the Margins: Essays in Honour of Stephen Finamore 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Helen Paynter rated a book it was amazing A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter rated a book it was amazing Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter rated a book really liked it Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful by Jolyon Maugham	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter rated a book it was amazing Denial: Holocaust History on Trial – The Memoir of a Legal Battle in London That Resulted in Formal Denunciation by Deborah E. Lipstadt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter rated a book it was amazing Stoner by John Williams	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter rated a book it was amazing A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter rated a book liked it The English Führer (Tom Wilde #7) by Rory Clements	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Helen Paynter marked as abandoned Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Disappointed with this. There were some gems in there, but it was just too discursive and detailed. 216 pages read
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