{"id":2968,"date":"2012-11-05T16:56:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.re-integrate.org\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2012-11-05T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:56:29","slug":"without-equality-we-have-no-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/reintegrate\/2012\/11\/05\/without-equality-we-have-no-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Without Equality, We Have No Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
<\/div>\n
Finding a Third Way in Our Politics.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\"\"J\u00fcrgen Moltmann, in his book\u00a0God for a Secular Society: The Public Relevance of Theology<\/a>, writes,<\/div>\n

\u201cWithout equality there is no free world.<\/p>\n

It is in the spirit of early Christianity that we call the truth that all human beings are created\u00a0free\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0equal\u00a0<\/em>\u2018self-evident.\u2019<\/p>\n

Equality doesn\u2019t mean collectivism. It means equal conditions for living, and equal chances for living for everyone.<\/p>\n

As a social concept, equality means\u00a0justice.\u00a0<\/em>As a humanitarian concept, equality means\u00a0solidarity.\u00a0<\/em>As a Christian concept, equality means\u00a0love.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Either we shall create a world of social justice, human solidarity, and Christian love, or this world will perish through oppression of people by people, through a-social egotism, and through the destruction of the future in the interests of short-term, present-day profits.\u201d (p. 69)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a polarized political climate, where any mention of \u201csocial justice\u201d or \u201ceconomic equality\u201d or \u201chuman solidarity\u201d are labeled socialist and anti-American, Christians need to stand firm and steer the conversation into a third way.<\/p>\n

This third way should go beyond unbridled capitalism on the one hand, and Marixism on the other, toward one that reads the Hebrew Prophets afresh and realizes that God\u2019s plan for humanity is captured by the Hebrew words\u00a0\u201cshalom\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(peace \/ flourishing among people),\u00a0\u201cmishpat\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(justice between humans and between God and humans), and\u00a0\u201ctsedeq\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(righteousness in relationships).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finding a Third Way in Our Politics. __ J\u00fcrgen Moltmann, in his book\u00a0God for a Secular Society: The Public Relevance of Theology, writes, \u201cWithout equality there is no free world. It is in the spirit of early Christianity that we call the truth that all human beings are created\u00a0free\u00a0and\u00a0equal\u00a0\u2018self-evident.\u2019 Equality doesn\u2019t mean collectivism. 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