http://www.religiocity.org/2010/01/01/i-need-you-in-order-to-be-myself/ political theology in the city Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.religiocity.org/2010/01/01/i-need-you-in-order-to-be-myself/#comment-78415 boonation » Blog Archive » My remarks on: “I need you in Order to be Myself”. Why Liberals, along with Conservatives fail Badly at the issue of Civil Liberties Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:18:41 +0000 http://www.religiocity.org/?p=1023#comment-78415 [...] love to my boy Matt Boulter  for the link: (check his blogsite out at [...] [...] love to my boy Matt Boulter  for the link: (check his blogsite out at [...]

]]> http://www.religiocity.org/2010/01/01/i-need-you-in-order-to-be-myself/#comment-77110 matt Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:36:31 +0000 http://www.religiocity.org/?p=1023#comment-77110 Collins, is "the particular group" you mention above referring to the church? Collins, is “the particular group” you mention above referring to the church?

]]> http://www.religiocity.org/2010/01/01/i-need-you-in-order-to-be-myself/#comment-76831 Collins Aki Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:30:15 +0000 http://www.religiocity.org/?p=1023#comment-76831 "We have a deep identity investment in the distorted images we cherish of others"...this line resonates very strongly with me. To use Judith Butler's understanding of identity politics (and G. Ward's) and my question of how we envision the Body of Christ, I agree that the discourse on what we accept as "thinkable" and "liveable" (and "natural")identities and redemptive bodies (or our speculation on the intention of creation), has been determined, not by God or Holy Writ, but by interpretations of a particular group (you know who) with a vested interest in the vantage point they have "canonized" (i.e. to preserve their power and comfort). But Christ seems to show us a different picture.Marginalized people (and identities) have always been the examples Christ had used as evidences of Himself--the new humanity (his Kingdom and his will). He has always pushed against our comfort and understanding of who we thought he was (and those images of him that were previously distorted) for us to see that he was expanding his Body, redeeming forms that we have always distorted, and rebuking power that we have been guilty of hoarding. This is the way his Body can cover this earth, not conforming to what we think, but, we conforming to how he expands. “We have a deep identity investment in the distorted images we cherish of others”…this line resonates very strongly with me. To use Judith Butler’s understanding of identity politics (and G. Ward’s) and my question of how we envision the Body of Christ, I agree that the discourse on what we accept as “thinkable” and “liveable” (and “natural”)identities and redemptive bodies (or our speculation on the intention of creation), has been determined, not by God or Holy Writ, but by interpretations of a particular group (you know who) with a vested interest in the vantage point they have “canonized” (i.e. to preserve their power and comfort). But Christ seems to show us a different picture.Marginalized people (and identities) have always been the examples Christ had used as evidences of Himself–the new humanity (his Kingdom and his will). He has always pushed against our comfort and understanding of who we thought he was (and those images of him that were previously distorted) for us to see that he was expanding his Body, redeeming forms that we have always distorted, and rebuking power that we have been guilty of hoarding. This is the way his Body can cover this earth, not conforming to what we think, but, we conforming to how he expands.

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