Milbank, Williams, Hauerwas, Levine...
Lots of great stuff over at the new ABC Religion and Ethics site:
- John Milbank on democracy and tyranny
- Rowan Williams on the politics of human dignity
- Amy-Jill Levine on un-Christian responses to the Middle East
- Stanley Hauerwas on the death of America's god
- Abdullah Saeed on Islamic banking without interest (once upon a time, Christians also had a few reservations about usury...)
- Michael Novak on the balance between politics and economics
- Scott Stephens on why we don't need a Christian lobby
Usury - yes, though it is important to understand this language historically. It does not equate directly with what is today called "interest" (which in turn, does not equate with what used to be called "interest"). Though I think you're right that most of the historic church would have been very wary of most of the dominant financial practices of today.
I agree with Scott Stephens that we don't need a Christian lobby in the current Federal election. And it's good to hear Tony Abbott saying something sensible about faith and politics. (Thankfully, he's not wearing the speedos nearly as much!)
I love Stanley, but that article seemed like it was generated by the Stanley Hauerwas iPhone app.
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