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In his introduction to Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa , Fr. Emmanuel Katongole contrasts the “politics of violence” which characterize so much of contemporary life with the “politics of forgiveness,” the church’s “alternative form of politics, one that is committed to saving and serving the very lives that are often... See more
Undermining the Violence of Polarization
God loves us more than we love ourselves.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Common Objects of Love: Moral Reflection and the Shaping of Community; The 2001 Stob Lectures
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The Moral Governmental Theory of Atonement: Re-envisioning Penal Substitution (Re-envisioning Reformed Dogmatics)
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How then could charges and countercharges of antinomianism and legalism arise that would expose a fault line in the church and eventually lead to a split in the denomination?
Sinclair B. Ferguson • The Whole Christ
“Christians were so fascinated with rejecting what is common to all people that they themselves would no longer want to be Christians if everyone decided to become one.” Volf, Captive to the Word of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), 75.
Nijay K. Gupta • Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
Covenantal love is above all a commitment and an orientation. It includes passion and emotion but is not limited to them.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
In all roles theologians are committed to that form of existence arising from Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. They know that
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
