By Shadia B. Drury (auth.)
ISBN-10: 140397294X
ISBN-13: 9781403972941
ISBN-10: 1403982627
ISBN-13: 9781403982629
Drury regards the political difficulties of the trendy international to be completely Biblical. within the politics of the Twenty-first century, we discover both conceited and self-righteous civilizations confronting each other. every one is confident that it truly is at the part of God, fact and justice, whereas its enemy is allied with devil, wickedness and barbarism. The language of international relations and compromise has been changed by way of the language of jihad or the fight opposed to the cosmic forces of evil. existence is radicalized; and all offerings are polarized. Politics effectively understood is eclipsed. Drury urges us to go beyond the Biblical view of the realm. in its place, she argues in favour of a really liberal, secular and pluralistic figuring out of politics.
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Christianity does not create a comforting vision of existence, but quite the reverse. What emerges is a harsh, inscrutable, and arbitrary God, who is not so much a source of comfort but of angst. 103 This is a story of men who are mere pilgrims in this world—they abandon mother, father, wife, and children to embark on a solitary journey to the Celestial City. They are in flight from the City of Destruction and the perdition to which the rest of humanity is destined. ” It is a story about men who are not free.
There is no indication in the story that the rich man exploited Lazarus or that the rich man contributed to the poverty of Lazarus. Nor is there any indication that the rich man was in any way responsible for the sores that covered Lazarus’s body or for the dogs that licked them. On the contrary, the rich man allowed Lazarus to survive on the crumbs of his table. We are told that Lazarus was a beggar who had no trade, craft, or employment, by which to support himself, and this no doubt contributed to his plight.
God can do what he wants. He is the creditor and we have no reason to complain if the debts of others are wiped out. The idea of meriting salvation is out of the question, Ignorance must be rebuked. Nevertheless, implicit in Bunyan’s tale is that Christian and Hopeful somehow deserve their election because of the strength of their faith against the most formidable obstacles. There is only one way to reach salvation, and that is filled with terrors, traps, trials, snares, and monumental difficulties.
Terror and Civilization: Christianity, Politics and the Western Psyche by Shadia B. Drury (auth.)
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