Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and Covenant
Supersessionism in the Western Christian theological tradition remains an issue to be remediated. The problem of supersessionism is the problem of Gentile Christians’ wrongly viewing themselves as the exclusively favored object of God’s desire. This misplaced prioritization of Gentile belonging with...
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| description | Supersessionism in the Western Christian theological tradition remains an issue to be remediated. The problem of supersessionism is the problem of Gentile Christians’ wrongly viewing themselves as the exclusively favored object of God’s desire. This misplaced prioritization of Gentile belonging within the life of Israel’s God mirrors dynamics found in Euro-American racism or whiteness. Just as theories of anti-racism are useful for confronting the challenges of whiteness, in this paper I argue for an explicitly anti-supersessionist theology. This theology offers possibilities for deepening an understanding of the covenantal relationships among God, Israel, Jesus Christ, and the Gentile Church. As such, it transcends the binary of supersessionism and post-supersessionism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56a3d65bad6d409aaa5bc443731fbb722023-11-23T21:51:36ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-01-0113212910.3390/rel13020129Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and CovenantDaniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski0Church History, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX 78705, USASupersessionism in the Western Christian theological tradition remains an issue to be remediated. The problem of supersessionism is the problem of Gentile Christians’ wrongly viewing themselves as the exclusively favored object of God’s desire. This misplaced prioritization of Gentile belonging within the life of Israel’s God mirrors dynamics found in Euro-American racism or whiteness. Just as theories of anti-racism are useful for confronting the challenges of whiteness, in this paper I argue for an explicitly anti-supersessionist theology. This theology offers possibilities for deepening an understanding of the covenantal relationships among God, Israel, Jesus Christ, and the Gentile Church. As such, it transcends the binary of supersessionism and post-supersessionism.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/2/129supersessionismanti-supersessionismanti-racismJewish-Christian relationscovenantChristology |
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| title | Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and Covenant |
| title_full | Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and Covenant |
| title_fullStr | Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and Covenant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and Covenant |
| title_short | Towards an Anti-Supersessionist Theology: Race, Whiteness, and Covenant |
| title_sort | towards an anti supersessionist theology race whiteness and covenant |
| topic | supersessionism anti-supersessionism anti-racism Jewish-Christian relations covenant Christology |
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