supersessionism
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O Come, O Come: Extending the People of God
Each modification of the hymn serves to amplify the Jewish identity of Jesus, and the varied metaphors speak to God’s redemptive work through Israel, extended through Christians. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski encourages us to “imagine the redemptive landscape as not linear but looping… Continue reading
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Elie Wiesel and the Refusal of Theodicy
Elie Wiesel’s death, like his writing, is unassimilable. It resists any attempt to summarize his significance, his purpose or his meaning. We know that the world is less beautiful and less humane since this man of peace has died, but… Continue reading
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We Are Still Gentiles: Another Look at Hauerwas and Pinches’ “Christians Among the Virtues”
While I love reading Hauerwas’ (the man who wants Protestants to be more Catholic and Catholics to be more like Mennonites) critique of American Christians idolatrous devotion to the nation-state and its war machine, there are a few things about… Continue reading