It is important to reconstruct even the most problematic concepts that we have inherited rather than to try to excise them.
My understanding of chosenness develops from the perspective of those excluded from the Enlightenment’s putative universalism.
How might we reclaim some of the value of the priestly and levitical roles?
God’s invitation to be a nation of priests is an aspiration rather than a firm promise of our indispensability.
First published in The Reconstructionist, September 1984, pp. 8-27
First published in The Reconstructionist 50/7, June 1985, pp. 9-14
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