I have to start this blog post by taking exception to my Presbyterian colleague Carol Howard Merritt’s comment last week in Christian Century in which she expressed her wish that…

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…excellence of the ancient Greek writings on politics, which explore the human possibilities of politics. For the ancient Greeks, this self-awareness in the process of defining political goals and procedures…
This article is part of the series, The Politics of Scripture. While the focus of the series is on weekly preaching texts, we welcome commentary on sacred, classic, and profane…
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