…to this question, it is helpful to remember the aphorism “all politics is local.” This axiom is especially helpful for persons of faith in the United States for whom climate…
…with a quite undemocratic form of politics. In your view, how does a radically democratic theological perspective draw from and differ from these prior forms of religiosity and their theological…
…historical filiations between religion and politics, Asad urges attention to shifts in the grammar of concepts and practices across different situations. Rather than exposing a secret religiosity behind secular politics,…
…of the self and friendship that is the natural breeding ground for totalitarian politics.”[11] Hauerwas goes on to suggest that Bonhoeffer’s poem itself constitutes an alternative politics in which an…
…the world’s politics contingent and prudential. The only politics that has any legitimacy in the face of Christ’s resurrection is a humble politics, which subordinates power and possession to the…
…the negative reaction? Is not politics inherently ethical? And does not the left seek to take a better ethical approach to economics, society and politics? Do we all not want…
…ends up attacking ‘identity politics’ in favor of ‘class politics.’ While her conclusion is that of course the left must embrace anti-sexism and anti-racism, her analysis implies the opposite— she’s…
…may not be as imminent as the destruction of Jerusalem was for the first Christians, it is no less certain. The present form of our national and international politics is…
…operational here could thus be tentatively called an anti-political theology. Anti-politics in the sense of the rejection of politics in favor of the immediacy of the oppositional freedom, and in…
…Cotton Mather and Mark Twain. He characterizes the rhetoric of identity politics as “evangelical,” in affinity with a kind of religious fanaticism. So, first liberals consumed by identity politics are…
…In the world of politics (even first century politics), it’s all very human and mundane. What is remarkable, in the midst of this, is Jesus’ response. Jesus doesn’t call Judas…
…as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.“ In the past week this line has cropped up as the single caption for contemporary politics on both…