In this new 44-page article, I support eight propositions about ethnicity:
Naselli, Andrew David. “What the Bible Teaches about Ethnic Harmony.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 19.2 (2020): 14–57.
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- God created every human in his image with equal worth in his sight, so ethnic partiality is sinful.
- Humans in the Bible’s storyline are multiethnic.
- God’s global plan to save sinners includes people from every ethnic group.
- God approves of interethnic marriage.
- God’s people must love their neighbors across ethnic lines.
- The church—both Jewish and Gentile Christians—must maintain the unity (including ethnic harmony) that Christ powerfully created.
- The church should welcome ethnic diversity.
- The church should love justice, which entails treating all ethnicities justly and encouraging its members to pursue justice in society.