In an age of globalization and massive migration, religious radicalism across the world has been increasing over the last half-century. Religious persecution is a world-wide human rights crisis, and even religions once claimed as most peaceful have resorted to authoritarianism and violence to commit violence against others. In our own nation, for instance, so-called “ChristianContinue reading “The Importance of Interfaith Engagement”
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Jesus and Caesar: God’s Love in the Context of Roman Imperialism
Some time ago the writings of theologian David Ray Griffin crossed my desk. Griffin sets Jesus’ ministry squarely in opposition to Roman imperialism in the first century. He quotes Richard Horsely as saying, “Trying to understand Jesus without knowing how Roman imperialism” worked is like “trying to understand Martin Luther King without knowing how slavery,Continue reading “Jesus and Caesar: God’s Love in the Context of Roman Imperialism”