6min chapter

Against the Ideology of Certainty Besetting US Christians (Out of Babylon 3)

Political Philosophy-Dr. Laurie M Johnson

CHAPTER

Introduction

Bruggemann says the Old Testament supplies us with narratives that go against God's will. Bruggemann: Some of what we see is people justifying Israel's power and doing so on the basis of the idea that the covenant between God and Israel means that Israel can do no wrong. The ideological assumption of U.S. exceptionalism, not unlike the Davidic temple claims of the Old Testament, assumed and assured a privilege entitled future," he writes.

00:00