“In the Scriptures the odd phenomena constituting the “Kingdom of God” are the offspring of the shock that is delivered by the name of God to what is there called the “world,” resulting in what I call a “sacred anarchy.” Consider but a sampling of its more saliant features. In the Kingdom, the last are [...]
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sacred anarchy
Posted in philosophy, theology on 28 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
history, guilt and future
Posted in moltmann, nietzsche, philosophy, theology on 7 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
history, guilt and future – pdf version (footnotes included)
I saw a shirt the other day that had a picture of several Native Americans on horseback with the text reading, “Homeland Security: Defending against terrorism since 1492.” How should I as a European-descended citizen of the United States react to this account of history? The same [...]