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  • Scot McKnight on Political Eschatology

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    Looking through articles commenting on the election this morning, I found this one by Scot McKnight. Jesus Creed: Politics and Eschatology Somewhere overnight or this morning the eschatology of American Christians may become clear. If a Republican wins and the Christian becomes delirious or confident that the Golden Days are about to arrive, that Christian…

  • Revisiting Empire

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    Allan Bevere, fellow blogger, and kindred spirit, has a post today, The Totalizing Agenda of Empire, which plays off some stuff I wrote a year ago. I've encountered few people who resonate with this concern I have about the totalizing trajectory of empire as much as Allan does. Can't wait to see his stuff when…

  • Empire Versus Subsidiarity

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    Regarding complex human organizations, subsidiarity is one of the most important yet frequently violated governance principles. Wikipedia writes: Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. The Oxford English Dictionary defines subsidiarity as the idea that a central authority should have a subsidiary…

  • What Became of Opposition to “Empire?”

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    Yesterday at Jesus Creed, Scot McKnight linked a great post by Allan Bevere where he raised an excellent question: I know I am not the only one who has noticed that all the Christians comparing the USA to the Roman Empire during the reign of George W. Bush are strangely silent now that we are…

  • Jesus Versus Empire?

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    Did Jesus come to defeat empires? Various scholars and activists seem to think so, ranging from John Dominic Crossan to Walter Bruggeman, to N. T. Wright, to emergent types like Brian McLaren and Brian Walsh. I hear it frequently among some of my PCUSA sisters and brothers. Some of my cyber friends who congregate at…

  • N. T. Wright “Shipwreck and Kingdom”

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    Today's Berkley Blog was about a great sermon by N. T. Wright to the Anglican Consultative Council on 28 June 2005. It is a long read, but I highly recommend it. Shipwreck and Kingdom: Acts and the Anglican Communion Here is one excerpt I particularly wanted to note in light of my ongoing posts on…