Thanks for this informative piece. However, the last two paragraphs unsettled me. Whilst agreeing with your objection to 'tribalisms', I'm unwilling to give unqualified assent to Ernst-Habib's statement with which you conclude, namely: "the 'chosen race' can only mean the 'human race' ". Surely, the 'chosen race' means 'the human race' only but precisely because it first and always 'means' "Abraham and his seed forever" (cf., e.g., Gn 12.1ff; Rm 4.1ff; Rm 9-11). Unqualified, the statement suggests (to me at least) a supersessionist eclipse of Israel.
This Rwandan experience and the role of "Christian Nationalism" is unfortunate. But in what other ways is the 'church' perpetrating similar acts in Africa, especially in the name of religion? May God have mercy!
Thanks for this informative piece. However, the last two paragraphs unsettled me. Whilst agreeing with your objection to 'tribalisms', I'm unwilling to give unqualified assent to Ernst-Habib's statement with which you conclude, namely: "the 'chosen race' can only mean the 'human race' ". Surely, the 'chosen race' means 'the human race' only but precisely because it first and always 'means' "Abraham and his seed forever" (cf., e.g., Gn 12.1ff; Rm 4.1ff; Rm 9-11). Unqualified, the statement suggests (to me at least) a supersessionist eclipse of Israel.
This Rwandan experience and the role of "Christian Nationalism" is unfortunate. But in what other ways is the 'church' perpetrating similar acts in Africa, especially in the name of religion? May God have mercy!