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Hope in God’s Glory and Justice

…died—to show that the dead are not permanently dead. The bodily resurrection is a promise so sure that it can be spoken of as existing in the present. The cumulative…

The Politics of True Faith—Hebrews 11:29–12:2

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. 30By faith the…

Healing the Land, Land Healing the Self

…lived most of my adult life in cities, and so had Jim. We met in Honolulu, then moved to Seattle, where we had a small backyard garden. We had hoped…

Turning a Prosperous Image Upside Down

…famine on the land; not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 12 They shall wander from sea to sea,…

Considering Climate Change in the Lenten Season

This year, the editorial team of the Politics of Scripture is excited to host a 6-week Lenten series on climate change and ecojustice. During the liturgical season of Lent, beginning…

The Nonbinary Creation

…appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11…

The Land is Not Silent—Joshua 24:1-18

…the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your ancestors with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7When they cried out to the Lord, he put darkness between you and the…

The Politics of Confrontation and Promise—Micah 6:1-8 (Benjamin Kautzer)

…who have been saved from Egypt. In the New Testament, Paul teaches the same way. He says that Christians are ‘dead to sin.’ Because they are ‘dead to sin,’ they…

Racializing and Establishing Catholic Heterodoxy: Traffic Stops as Theological Spaces

…religious materials), the search and seizure of vehicles, and the violation of fourth amendment rights of Mexican and Mexican-American drivers often rely on faith-based determinations between orthodoxy and heterodoxy. Officers…

Under our Feet

…of the field, birds of the air, fish of the sea, and sea creatures, all of which the Lord has given humans dominion over. This causes the psalmist to exclaim,…

A Political Theology of Presence

…air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 9O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! The psalmist…

Money

…money epiphenomenal is a way into the orbit of political theology. Richard Seaford and Devin Singh draw attention to the relationship between monetization and the development of fundamental theological and…