God’s assertion and subversion of distributive justice
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God’s assertion and subversion of distributive justice
The Bible is often read as a linear progress whose climactic conclusion is in its final chapter (Revelation). It is better read as a dialectical process in which, repeatedly, a world of distributive justice is both asserted as creation and then subverted as civilization—but both in the name of the same God. Examples: Genesis 1 or Deuteronomy 28; Daniel 2 or 7; Pauline Paul or Lukan Paul; Jesus in nonviolent or violent resistance.
