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73.1 - Walter Brueggemann on the Relational God & Kyong-Jin Lee on Ethics in a Globalized World

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The Pervasive Evil in Human Nature and Politics

In international political theory, realism believes that national and international actors are bound to pursue their self-interest. In the Old Testament, nowhere is this understanding more cynically illustrated than in the Book of Esther. A suspenseful account of a minority people exiled from Judah, whose existence is in peril at the hub of an imperial power,. raises critical questions regarding the political nature of humans.

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