Friday, August 28, 2009

A ‘non-religious’ view of Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- #138

[April 2001 journal entry]

A ‘non-religious’ approach necessitates that the language cluster surrounding ‘monarch’ and ‘lord’ be critiqued and, if necessary, set aside – e.g., ‘kneel’, ‘worship’, ‘rule’, ‘up there’, ‘power’, ‘obey’, ‘control’, ‘bow down’, ‘praise’, ‘worthy’, ‘not questioning’, ‘court’, ‘will’, ‘king’, ‘royal’, ‘crown’, ‘sword’, ‘kingdom’, ‘judge’, ‘throne’, ‘sovereign’, ‘command’, ‘banner’, . . . .