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“Our central problem is not sin and guilt, as it is within the monarchical model. For the Spirit model, our central problem is “estrangement,” whose specific meaning of “separated from that to which one belongs” is most appropriate. ... For the monarchical model, sin is primarily disloyalty to the king, seen especially as disobedience to his laws. The metaphors used to express the Spirit model suggest something else. For the metaphor of God as lover, sin is unfaithfulness—that is, sin is going after other lovers.”
― The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
― The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
“The point is not that Jesus was a good guy who accepted everybody, and thus we should do the same (though that would be good). Rather, his teachings and behavior reflect an alternative social vision. Jesus was not talking about how to be good and how to behave within the framework of a domination system. He was a critic of the domination system itself.”
― The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
― The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
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