I found this quote from Walter Brueggeman’s An Unsettling God to be quite poignant.
It is clear in any case that the ‘final interpretation’ is a step toward ‘final solution.’
- Preface,XIV
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I was thinking the same thing this morning. It makes me want to be angry at others, but upon inspection, it makes me sober of my own anger toward ‘them’.
A heplful question to those outside the academy: Where does that leave truth? Is truth plural and we all hold a part and are blessed in so doing? Is truth so rich and nuanced that we can have a completely different emphasis for our own contemporary problems as we teach our kids to be just creative?
The Truth is a singular person, who confronts us for the lies we live.
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