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A review by brice_mo
Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton
4.0
This was refreshing.
I think it's increasingly difficult to figure out where and how personal faith should intersect with politics, particularly as Christian nationalism continues to adopt any perverted contortion it needs to justify unchecked power.
I don't think the content of this book is particularly revolutionary, and yet it feels revolutionary for someone to suggest that religiously motivated self-sacrifice can have a political impact—a yielding of power to allow for grace.
I'm so accustomed to Christians adopting the "Did God really say?" serpentine approach to the character of Christ that it feels cathartic for someone to celebrate humility rather than suggest that Christians are meant to control every sector of public life.
I think it's increasingly difficult to figure out where and how personal faith should intersect with politics, particularly as Christian nationalism continues to adopt any perverted contortion it needs to justify unchecked power.
I don't think the content of this book is particularly revolutionary, and yet it feels revolutionary for someone to suggest that religiously motivated self-sacrifice can have a political impact—a yielding of power to allow for grace.
I'm so accustomed to Christians adopting the "Did God really say?" serpentine approach to the character of Christ that it feels cathartic for someone to celebrate humility rather than suggest that Christians are meant to control every sector of public life.