…of suffering. Gutiérrez argues that the Book of Job presents an interesting, complex, and relevant situation for liberation theologians. Seeking to view Scripture and context from the point of view…
…steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (NRSVue) [Editor’s Note: Portions of this essay were published in a “Politics of Scripture” post on March 29, 2021.] This week, the lectionary…
…fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law…
15In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred and twenty people) and said, 16‘Friends,the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy…
…language and scripture. He made possible the renaissance of early capitalist commerce for the profit of European Christianity. He followed a very different sort of Jesus from the Jesus we…
…Christianity is called to respond to this racialized reality, called, indeed, by Scripture and by Christian teaching. Christian theology must be decolonized. A decolonial theology must be understanding of and…
…dry 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…
…the way back to Aristotle, we cannot avoid his dictum in Book I of the Politics that the life of the polis is invariably founded on the “law” (nomos) of…
…when the peasants are exploited and deceived, they’re also left short of justice. When Scripture states, “The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight” (Proverbs 11:1),…
…our means? Will we exalt ourselves as gods, or will we humble ourselves as creatures? Fear of the Lord, this persistent call of the wisdom tradition across scripture, means fundamentally…
…Andrew. This article is part of the series, the Politics of Scripture. While the focus of the series is on weekly preaching texts, we welcome commentary on literature, film, and…
…Luke makes it clear that the religious council’s actions did not necessarily stem from strict adherence to the scripture, but rather from an imprudent reaction of self-preservation. They had singularly…