Patriotism for Citizens of the Penultimate Superpower
The United States of America confesses its penultimate status as “One nation under God.” Yet this relationship—of the ultimacy of God and the penultimacy of nations—is frequently forgotten when foreign policy is crafted. The arrogant autonomy of such superpowers operates on the mistaken conviction t...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2003
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Dialog
Ano: 2003, Volume: 42, Número: 4, Páginas: 336-343 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Nationalism
B Ultimacy B Politics B Patriotism B Israel B Old Testament B Power |
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| Resumo: | The United States of America confesses its penultimate status as “One nation under God.” Yet this relationship—of the ultimacy of God and the penultimacy of nations—is frequently forgotten when foreign policy is crafted. The arrogant autonomy of such superpowers operates on the mistaken conviction that they will not be called into account. But the preacher says otherwise. The Old Testament witness teaches us that there is a grave danger to nations making such unrestricted claims of temporal ultimacy. Any state that imagines that it can use its power in unrestrained ways against any other state or vulnerable population—no matter how weak—misunderstands its place in a world under divine rule. It is thus essential that the preacher, along with the congregation, must dare to recover the rhetoric of prophetic imagination concerning God's governance in the public sphere. Empowered and humbled by the mandate of scripture, the preacher must counter the rhetoric of popular patriotism and witness to God's sovereignty over nations. We may then move beyond analysis to alternative, and finally set our hearts and minds on the evangelical task of empowering the faithful to alternative forms of citizenship. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2003.00172.x |
