Creature Politics Notes 13
A Translation of Romans 12:1—5
Dear All, these are some notes for the Creature Politics course on Paul’s letter to the Romans. I thought I would share with all, with brief notes and comments below the paywall.
I've wanted for a long time to do a Whitman-esque translation/paraphrase of Romans Chapter 12. I've indulged myself on the first five verses.
Relatives
This is a call
From the deep feeling of God
To be present
To be embodied
As the dead ones who live
In Otherness
To God’s own rejoicing
This is the work of the people
Who're unconformed to the pattern of the present age
Transfigured
Made new from the mind outward
Test this wish of God
It is good
It is joyous
It is whole
I'll speak
Out of the kindness I've known
Everyone among you
Don't inflate your thinking
Over the thinking that fits the whole
Think steady
Like a breathing body
Because goodfaith is shared by God
Among all our relations
For so it is
As one creature, embodied
We are a multitude of members
And each member acts
Not enclosed in themselves
But for the multitude
In the messianic body
We are, each of us
Members of one another
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