We live in an era of polarizing political and religious disagreement.
Despite the lip service our society pays to tolerance, it's becoming
more and more difficult to look past our differences and to recognize
our common humanity. The way that we treat each other is a direct result
of how we see one another, and our culture is full of warning signs that
we aren't seeing each other correctly.
In Reclaimed, author and cultural critic Andy Steiger explores the
trend toward dehumanization that underlies our fraught times. People on
both sides of the political aisle and from all walks of life share a
deep desire for better understanding, justice, and human dignity. Yet
we're uncertain how to achieve these aims. Steiger points to Jesus as
the basis for rediscovering our common ground and our shared humanity.
In Jesus we find not only that humans are unique, valuable, and bearers
of rights and responsibilities, but also that our dehumanizing
tendencies--our worst inclinations toward inhumanity--can be redeemed
and restored. Jesus enables us to be fully human, and it's in him that
we rediscover the kind of relationships and society for which so many
people today are longing.