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Forget Schmitt! Political Theology Must Follow Agamben’s “Double Paradigm” of Sovereignty (Carl Raschke)

…his dictum in Book I of the Politics that the life of the polis is invariably founded on the “law” (nomos) of the “household” (oikos), from which we derive the

Women Prevailing Against Limited Vision

…value Scripture and the importance of women’s historical leadership must search for a new vision. I suggest that readers engage what Prof. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza refers to as the hermeneutics…

Judgment in Light—Psalm 50:1-6

…helpful to explore the web of allusions which connects the text in question to the rest of scripture. Psalm 50:1-6 contains a striking series of allusions which emphasize the connection…

The Potential of Creative Misinterpretation

these” without qualification, religious or otherwise. Which raises the question: can there be a liberative politics of creative “misinterpretation?” As John Corrigan has pointed out in his work on religion,…

The King’s Shepherd—Psalm 23:1-6

…stone walls, and beautiful Lakeland countryside to our minds. Such cultural impressions of shepherding sharply contrast with scriptural representations of it. In Scripture, the shepherd is a figure who is…

Citizens of Heaven

…government mandated by the Bible. Throughout the narratives in scripture and throughout church history, every form of political governance is shown to be flawed and imperfect. Monarchy, democracies, and theocracies…

David’s Political Apology

…to sow violence and reaped violence in return. Perhaps my reading unfairly imputes modern standards of justice onto the ancient text. If the transmitters of the David tradition in Scripture

The Tree Is Always Known By Its Fruit

…into the courts? 7 Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love…

The Politics of God’s Children—Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3 (Amy Allen)

…end of our temporal world. In fact, two days before such a divisive political moment in American history, I believe that the message Scripture speaks to us this week is…

…church for prophets or prophecy. Scripture itself seems to indicate that prophets are dependent on the will of God, rather than the church. This is important to remember if we…

The Politics of Incarnation—John 1:1-18 (John Allen)

…time. They also tended to emphasize in their thought scripture that offered clues as to how Jesus and God were to be understood in relation to one another and in…

Christ the King/Reign of Christ

…mystery by forging a “Theology of the Cross” from his study of Scripture and by formulating it as a small yet powerful counterweight against the “Theology of Glory” espoused by…