Justice Outside The City

Between Old Athens and New Jerusalem—and Outside of Both

Justice outside the city. This title is meant to evoke several things, including irony, for it was outside the city of Jerusalem that the Gospels says Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. For Christians—and we count ourselves among them—it was outside the city that we murdered God, in the ultimate act of injustice. We also read the witness of the Christian scriptures as promising that Jesus, who is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (see... Read More