Seeing this article caused me to go back and look at the other two in the series, and I am so glad I did. Like yourself Dr. Choi, the murder of George Floyd and its aftermath caused me to wrestle with God to discern a theological response to state violence and more specifically police brutality. Within 12 months I wrote an award-winning book, From Scapegoats to Lambs How God's Word Speaks to George Floyd's Murder, that examines numerous biblical passages to show how a theology of scapegoating informs how police justify the excessive use of force. When I presented a paper based on the book at a regional AAR meeting last year, it won an award and the conveners compelled me to go further, so now I am enrolled in Ph.D. studies in Theological Ethics at UNISA. My dissertation is focused on the theology of scapegoating but your series will certainly enrich my research immensely. I also believe an article on the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (and of course Rene Girard, the founder of the scapegoat principle) could add to this series. THANK YOU!
Seeing this article caused me to go back and look at the other two in the series, and I am so glad I did. Like yourself Dr. Choi, the murder of George Floyd and its aftermath caused me to wrestle with God to discern a theological response to state violence and more specifically police brutality. Within 12 months I wrote an award-winning book, From Scapegoats to Lambs How God's Word Speaks to George Floyd's Murder, that examines numerous biblical passages to show how a theology of scapegoating informs how police justify the excessive use of force. When I presented a paper based on the book at a regional AAR meeting last year, it won an award and the conveners compelled me to go further, so now I am enrolled in Ph.D. studies in Theological Ethics at UNISA. My dissertation is focused on the theology of scapegoating but your series will certainly enrich my research immensely. I also believe an article on the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (and of course Rene Girard, the founder of the scapegoat principle) could add to this series. THANK YOU!