…on the politics of peeing and pooping! The session, now published as a symposium entitled “Toilet Justice,” explored questions like: Who gets to enjoy safe and easy access to the…
…common good is eliminated from public discourse and all that remains is “a politics from whose agendas enquiry concerning the nature of that politics has been excluded, a politics thereby…
…a system compromised by local and imperial politics. Declaring God’s sovereignty over the Temple, He subverted the human systems that perpetuated oppression and marginalisation. These actions were not merely symbolic;…
…says that, while many of us go searching through the scripture looking for rules which will tell us what to do, what we find instead, particularly in Luke-Acts, is what…
…between Yahweh and his people is one of the central images used in Scripture to portray God’s redemptive, atoning purpose in relating to humanity. Whether it is a bloody sacrifice…
…with the witness of Scripture the church should provide much needed correctives to the overall structures of political power in the US. The Scriptures contain helpful models for establishing social…
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…
The last installment in this year’s series of political theology syllabi comes from a remarkable and unique program at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, where faith, politics, and rigorous…
…which is based at Labour Party HQ and Parliament – www.thecsm.org.uk. They exist to be a prophetic voice to left-sided politics and the church, encouraging Christians to see politics as…
…systems elsewhere. This post 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,…
…about this shifting landscape, its political affiliations, and its highly individualistic character. Identifying spiritual concerns too closely with politics opens the door for co-option by partisan politics. Moreover, as Lillian…
…harder.” Of all the things that Ted Smith’s book does well, the most compelling for me is his attempt to critique the ethical confines to which reflection on politics and…