…NRSV As I opened Zephaniah to begin writing this week’s essay for the Politics of Scripture, I was first struck by the irony of reading Zephaniah on the third Sunday…
…clean. 2 Kings 5:1-14 (This essay originally appeared on the Politics of Scripture on July 1, 2019) For the past several years, Time magazine, known for their annual list of…
…communicate the freeing obligations that he places upon us, the transformative power of his word can begin to be known. Alastair Roberts is the contributing editor of the Politics of Scripture….
…Isaiah and proclaims that the prophecy been “fulfilled in your hearing.” On the path to Emmaus, he draws on deep knowledge of the scriptures to make sense of his own…
…secular state. Secular politics is bound to scriptural narratives and interpretive traditions for better and for worse: for worse because scripture is often used to sanction authoritarian rule; and for…
…who don’t receive any salary for this work or any money from any church. We are an explicitly anti-capitalist ministry. We like to be clear about our politics, so that…
…the core of de Lubac’s theological reflection, particularly the interpretation of the Bible generated in the early Church. Spiritual interpretation of scripture, according to de Lubac, contained a theological interpretation…
…restlessness that strives after enjoyment and union. The rules for the interpretation of scripture that Augustine advocates in the De Doctrina Christiana depend on shared practices. In a revealing passage…
…singing; Holy Scripture. Some subjects may have changed, but throughout Holy Scripture and Church singing were constants. This is all very interesting, but the question remains as to what kind…
…what fits and demonize that which doesn’t. Yet, at their most radical moments, the Jewish and Christian scriptures suggest an alternative logic. Rather than excluding or demonizing the other in…
…Hebrew Scriptures pointed to, then the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Elijah, etc. are also all included in the gospel story. These pivotal figures were all contributors to…
…and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” That particular scripture is the message that…