What is Organizational Evil? (episode 8)
- Part of Discover Your Roots S2
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Humans naturally form institutions and societies. While these can be a major source of blessing, they also cause a lot of harm, resulting in institutional and organizational evil.
The Torah has robust guidelines for how people should act—both communally and individually. In this episode, Dr. Dru Johnson breaks down the distinction, or lack thereof, in the Hebrew Bible between the personal and the corporate, and he explores what this means for us today as 21st-century Christians.
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Dr. Dru Johnson
Founder and Director of the Center for Hebraic ThoughtDru teaches Biblical literature, theology, and biblical interpretation at The King’s College. He is an editor for the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism series; an associate director for the Jewish Philosophical Theology Project at The Herzl Institute in Israel; and a co-host for the OnScript Podcast. His recent books include Biblical Philosophy: An Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments (Cambridge University Press); Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments (Eerdmans); and Epistemology and Biblical Theology (Routledge). Before that, he was a high-school dropout, skinhead, punk rock drummer, combat veteran, IT supervisor, and pastor—all things that he hopes none of his children ever become.He and his wife have four children. Interviews, articles, and excerpts of books can found at drujohnson.com.
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