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season. It has, for example, become a commonplace in economic discussions to declaim on the alleged horrors of the national debt that we are supposedly dumping on our “children.” It…

Conquest Narratives in Islam and Christianity (Alastair Roberts)

…spies were sent to search out the land of Canaan in Numbers 13. As in the case of the spies, theirs is a task preparatory for judgment: the cities that…

Political Theology Needs Its Own “Pivot To Asia” (Kwok Pui-Lan)

…the Asian countries over the control of islands and resource-rich waters in the South China Sea. But surprisingly we find political theologians still focus largely on the Atlantic as if…

…begin “recovering” from the season of light. Still, the epiphany waits for our resolution and us. God stirs up our faith again, so that we might truly work toward the…

The Parable of the Sower in Light of the Charleston Tragedy (Douglas Ottati)

…2015), online. [3] The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus, Translation and Commentary by Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, et. al. (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997), p. 193….

On the Insurrectionary Turn In Political Theology (Roger Green)

…into a subject through his search [ēuriskein] for the discovery of what has already been revealed. This seeking, the changing circumstances of the tyrant in which we already see Fortuna…

The Politics of Representation—Matthew 25: 1-13 (Raj Bharat Patta)

…stood up from the audience to walk up to the stage to meet the women. No one noticed during the play that the bridegroom was seated among us, for we…

Catholic Social Teaching: Pro-Establishment?

…us. The political analyst Sean Trende has noted how this bias has impacted this year’s presidential campaign. He shows how this phenomenon helps explain our political and cultural elites’ surprise…

…row seat to Saul’s decline. He saw how the hero quickly lost his standing. And so he did not rejoice in that, at least. I invite you to listen for…

…Even at a parochial level, based as I am in a very mixed urban setting, I have noted a significant increase in those coming to me in search of basic…

Two Ways to Read Political Power in the Enthronement of God

…May 28). Jesus’ ascension is interpreted as a kind of royal enthronement, when according to the creed he rose to heaven and sat down at God’s right hand—a seat of…

Waking Into God’s Dream

…seemed to be falling apart at the seams. Days later, I realised that I was mourning something I didn’t even know could die. Our country experienced an apocalypse on January…