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…
Lee Camp and I were classmates in the PhD program in Christian Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. After I served as John Howard Yoder’s graduate assistant for two…
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5and said to him, ‘You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways;…
…characterized as “testimonios desafiantes” (provocative testimonies). Many of the entries in this songwriting competition revolved around the theme of migration. The songs dug deeply into Scripture and Christian experience (linking,…
Race matters. In Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (Oxford University Press, 2021), Jonathan Tran cautions that racialized identity politics are captive to a certain conceptual framework that creates…
…worldly politics, as evangelicals insist on imposing particular understandings of what Scripture demands on voters and politicians. Of course, stated this way, such criticisms of evangelicalism are nothing new, and…
…seek instruction out of Scripture, including the example of godly rulers from the Old Testament, they were not content to simply assert that God in Scripture commanded kings to rule…
…which we are called. Other times, though, I feel challenged by scripture because the scripture itself does not live up to the justice and righteousness I want it to reflect….
…שפט, בין).[1] All of these terms exist in the semantic domain of covenant terminology that saturates the Hebrew scriptures. The first, which here is translated “understanding” is the word normally…
…is the use of the metaphor “face” so early in Scripture. Its use holds – as do related metaphors (eyes, ears, mouth, etc.) – a pronounced emphasis on being present,…
[This post is part of our series on the politics of scripture, focusing on weekly preaching texts. We welcome commentary on sacred, classic, and popular literature, film, and artistic expression….
…the Politics of Scripture Blog is partnering with “First Reading” an Old Testament lectionary podcast, co-hosted by one of our blog’s editors, Tim McNinch. Tim and his co-host Rachel Wrenn…