When Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene compared Donald Trump to Jesus Christ, she wasn’t just being provocative. She was revealing the political logic that holds Trumpism together…and, as subsequent events would show, its limits.
If God reconciled us while we were still enemies, how should Christians view and speak about those they consider their enemies?
All human beings (including me) are capable of dehumanizing others. Moreover, all dehumanizers (including Jesus) can change their minds.
[S]ituating demonology more fully in its religious and theological contexts furnishes resources that not only nuance understandings of movements for whom demonization is central, but also recontextualize discussions of core political theological concepts, including sovereignty, power, economy, subjectivity, and freedom.
What the words of Lt. Calley teach us about how we see (and don’t see) our enemies.