We have seen thus far that with the death of Jesus came the death of an idolatrous and serpentine system according to which God is a kind of Genie in a bottle whose job is to provide us with the sense of wholeness and well-being that we lack. But if this God-as-idol has been crucified, what […]
Category: Resurrection
A Theopoetics of Exile: God is Dead. Long Live God.
We have seen throughout this series that participating in the death of God involves crucifying our own idols, “God” included. But then what? Is there a resurrection? Kinda. According to the New Testament gospels, Jesus died on a cross, was buried in a tomb, and then emerged from the tomb on the third day alive […]