I am finding this mercy in theology and literature centered on feminism and liberation. In my mind to be a follower of Jesus is to be called to an extreme life of struggling to become like Christ in the world. As we learned in class, subversive wisdom goes against the norm and can at times breed hatred from those attached to conventional wisdom. To paraphrase Jon Sobrino, people don’t mind if you tend to those they’ve wounded, however when you begin to change the rules in order to prevent wounds there is often a strong backlash. While it might seem like Christian values are commonplace, especially in the Western world, in reality if one truly lives out the principle of mercy there is
I am finding this mercy in theology and literature centered on feminism and liberation. In my mind to be a follower of Jesus is to be called to an extreme life of struggling to become like Christ in the world. As we learned in class, subversive wisdom goes against the norm and can at times breed hatred from those attached to conventional wisdom. To paraphrase Jon Sobrino, people don’t mind if you tend to those they’ve wounded, however when you begin to change the rules in order to prevent wounds there is often a strong backlash. While it might seem like Christian values are commonplace, especially in the Western world, in reality if one truly lives out the principle of mercy there is