Beneath the thin veneer of civilization, the preternatural wolf with all its ferocity crouches in readiness to shed blood in chaotic mayhem. Read more
Beneath the thin veneer of civilization, the preternatural wolf with all its ferocity crouches in readiness to shed blood in chaotic mayhem. Read more
To live the Christian life, we certainly need to pray that the Holy Spirit give us the gift of compassion. And, we need to ask the Holy Spirit for the insight to perceive injustice and the zeal to right the wrong. Might we also pray for wisdom? Wisdom to bypass the temptation to self-justification and the temptation to join in mob violence that comes with ressentiment? Read more
White 'n' woke Progressive Christians risk introjecting their ressentiment to create a moral narcissism in what Hegel would call the "unhappy consciousness." Read more
When we say "justification by faith," which dimension of faith justifies? Belief? Trust? Indwelling of Christ? Read more
Ressintement in white American Christian nationalism sustains both racism and xenophobia Read more
Christian nationalism in Russia is top-down and prosecutes international war. Christian nationalism in the United States takes the form of bottom-up disorganized ferment and prosecutes culture war at home. Read more
Resentment as "ressentiment" sparks flames in the African American demand for reparations, Great Replacement Theory, and Donald Trump's xenophobic rhetoric Read more
Our English term, 'resentment', says simply that when we envy we might be motivated to take revenge. When we turn to the French, 'ressentiment', it gets more complicated. We re-feel a past injustice in such a way that it incites mob spirit. With this term,' we add nuances, connotations, political ideology, scapegoating, and perhaps violence. But, we ask: might there exist a dimension of ressentiment within compassion, where we re-feel what victims of injustice felt? Read more
What is public theology? Public theology is conceived in the church, critically honed in the academy, and offered to the wider culture for the sake of the global common good. Read more
Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, steals precious Christian symbols to scapegoat the people of Ukraine and to justify Russia's war. Read more
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