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The Politics of Praise—Psalm 148

The Psalms have much to say about politics. In Psalm 2 the kings of the earth take their stand against the LORD’s anointed ruler and are brought into full submission….

The Politics of Bringing Peace—Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 (Amy Allen)

…Where the Romans brought death and took plunder, the apostles bring life and restore relationship. Peace is and always has been a catchword in politics. Everyone wants peace. No one…

The Politics of God’s Plenty—Isaiah 55:1-5 (Alastair Roberts)

…verses offer us a vision of the politics of a restored nation on the other side of judgment. The nation has been raised up again, through the leadership of the

The Politics of Traversing Difference—Acts 2:1-21 (Amy Allen)

…and celebrated with hope. For us, today, in 2017, what do these politics mean? How might we live together and grow together across our differences, with God’s Holy Spirit as…

The Politics of Water: Exodus 17:1-7 (Timothy Simpson)

the Israelis, while the Palestinians consume on average considerably less than what the World Health Organization says is the minimum daily allowance for health and hygiene. Thus the politics of…

…section on religion and politics blogs and then feel like I need to take a shower. In the comments, the scribes and the Pharisees collide with the Sadducees and the

The Politics of the Lamb of God—John 1:29-42 (Amy Allen)

the Lamb of God, an identification continued in the book of Revelation. Looking to the Lamb, rather than to the great and powerful Beasts, should inform our politics as Christians….

The Politics of Traversing Difference

the post-colonial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural churches in Namibia in the early 2000’s, I heard this message proclaimed and celebrated with hope. For us, today, in 2017, what do these politics mean?…

Natality

…interpreters has given new life to natality. Notably, rather than a phenomenologically grounded politics emerging from experiences of female embodiment, Rosalyn Diprose and Ewa Plonowska Ziarek’s Arendt, Natality and Biopolitics

The Politics of Isaiah 5:1-7—Patricia K. Tull

…If ancient hearers sympathize at all, they unwittingly judge themselves. In a recent book called The Gardens of Democracy, Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer likewise employ vegetation metaphors for politics

The Politics of the Greatest Commandment—Mark 12:28-34 (Amy Allen)

the Torah rest—all that God asks of God’s people, God asks as a response to and expression of love. So what, then, are the politics at play? In our twenty-first…

Easter Courage: The Politics of Acts 5:27-32

The tale of doubting Thomas will be heard from pulpits around the nation this second Sunday in Easter. The memorable tale displays a powerfully human character, one who shares our…