tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post904759429840766217..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Gal 3.28 - Negation, Inclusion, or Transformation?Michael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-19274138859981861782008-09-07T06:23:00.000-05:002008-09-07T06:23:00.000-05:00Hi what Paul is meaning that access to salvation i...Hi what Paul is meaning that access to salvation is equal.<BR/><BR/>Did God erase the distinction between male and female?<BR/><BR/>MarcMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968868390978871905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-66476593742220025022008-07-11T12:58:00.000-05:002008-07-11T12:58:00.000-05:00I think I'm more surprised that Christian theology...I think I'm more surprised that Christian theology is taking this long to catch up with Christian academia. Theissen, for one, has been saying very similar thoughts for quite some time. Admittedly, he puts it under a more universalist approach that blurs the lines between the oppositions (and takes studying it to understand why it's not <EM>really</EM> a universalist approach), but it boils down to a specific type of collective identity that transcends the particular identities of the individual. This type of collective identity can be seen in various places as nationalism but with religion it becomes an identity that goes beyond individual nationality, gender, ethnicity, social status, etc—though apparently not beyond individual sexuality.K∴∆∴https://www.blogger.com/profile/04387543837098259366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-33431229430657474532008-07-11T12:06:00.000-05:002008-07-11T12:06:00.000-05:00Michael,Great post! I love the following statemen...Michael,<BR/><BR/>Great post! I love the following statement, “So I am a man but an in-Christ-man. I am a gentile but an in-Christ-gentile. The distinctions of male, gentile, Jew, female, Barbarian are enveloped by and subordinated to the designation and function of being en Christō which sustains within its horizon a network of identities co-existing together under a shared meta-identity.” Brilliant!<BR/><BR/>Regarding your post’s title, I wonder if all three: negation, inclusion, and transformation are interrelated and present at the same time in Galatians 3.28. The negation aspect of the passage is a call to drop the influencers/agitators self-perceived notions of identity as having a most favored status within the church, thus fostering a since of inclusion by means of the transformative work of being in Christ. The negation aspect then would serve as a chastisement for those who have elevated their identity over others. It seems to me, that the influencer’s self-preferential identity needs to be exposed by showing that all are equal in Christ. So that then those in Christ can assume their new “meta-identity”.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654633678317086474noreply@blogger.com