"an America in which people seem broadly resolved to hate their neighbors"
This.
Depersonalizing anyone is the opposite of loving them and defies God as Creator of the Good. Perceiving someone as simply and only as a member of a group--MAGA, liberal, Islamist, white supremicist--blocks me from loving them, a repudiation of Christ as my Kurios. Metanoite!
"an America in which people seem broadly resolved to hate their neighbors"
This.
Depersonalizing anyone is the opposite of loving them and defies God as Creator of the Good. Perceiving someone as simply and only as a member of a group--MAGA, liberal, Islamist, white supremicist--blocks me from loving them, a repudiation of Christ as my Kurios. Metanoite!
"an America in which people seem broadly resolved to hate their neighbors"
This.
Depersonalizing anyone is the opposite of loving them and defies God as Creator of the Good. Perceiving someone as simply and only as a member of a group--MAGA, liberal, Islamist, white supremicist--blocks me from loving them, a repudiation of Christ as my Kurios. Metanoite!