The State Ritual of Expulsion
The ritual of expulsion is an ancient rite in which the transgressions of an entire community are transferred to a single victim.
...may be the unintentional victims of their own rite of expulsion. Only insurmountable blindness, then, can explain their persistence. Rev. Jim Fitzgerald is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in...
Coronavirus and the Assembled Church As the Communion of the Saints
The church, as the communion of saints, is a concrete reality, and not simply another social imaginary that can be reconfigured as we please depending on the situation.
...the elders of the church to call for the assembly. Rev. Jim Fitzgerald is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a staff member of Equipping Pastors International....
Against Masks: Not Hindering Our Personal and Relational Connection With Others
For Greeks and the Romans, “person” referred to the role played in the theater or society; it was external to one’s true identity. In short, a person was a mask.
...to promoting a pathology that is worse than the pandemic. It is on this basis, and for these reasons, that I am against masks. Rev. Jim Fitzgerald is a minister...
Man is the Measure of All Things: The Scale of the Pandemic and Everything Else
The Son of Man is the true measure of all things.
...statement to say, “The Son of Man is the measure of all things.” Rev. Jim Fitzgerald is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a staff member of...
The Plague in Literature and Life
One common feature found in nearly all plague literature, is the “reciprocal resemblance” between the plague as a medical event, and as a metaphorical episode.
...the plague literature of tomorrow will likely tell an entirely different story than the one we are being told today. Jim Fitzgerald is a Minister in the Presbyterian Church in...
A Great Anthropological First: An Honest Conversation About Race
Two simultaneous truths: First, that we are among the most racist of all societies. Second, we are among the first nations in history to care one iota about racism.
...it is unlikely that we will have the honest conversation that so many are advocating for today. Jim Fitzgerald is a Minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a...
The Demon in Democracy
Communism and political liberalism are decidedly intolerant. Tolerance, thus conceived, is what the state says it is, and nothing more.
...resemblance as, “The Demon in Democracy.”[2] Jim Fitzgerald is a Minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a missionary with Equipping Pastors International. [1] The terminology “liberal, democratic liberalism,...
You Know the ‘Thing:’ The Concept of Inherent Rights in the Declaration of Independence
When removing one letter in a word highlights God’s moral order for the world.
...time to pluck it out, and cut it off. Jim Fitzgerald is a Minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a missionary in the Middle East and North Africa....
Are Evangelicals Selling Their Souls for Israel?
The October 7 attack on Israel was brutal, barbaric, and criminal. On that tragic day, world opinion was squarely behind Israel.
...whole of Israel, and lose their own souls? Jim Fitzgerald is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a missionary in the Middle East and North Africa. His...
The War in Ukraine: How It Ends
What Americans need to realize is that both Russia and US are apparently willing to sacrifice Ukraine to achieve their own geostrategic objectives.
...attrition favors Russia, not America and other NATO-member countries. Jim Fitzgerald is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a missionary in the Middle East and North Africa....