Chosenness and Messianic hope each require the other for meaning
Evidence
Without the Messianic hope, the idea of chosenness meant eternal segregation; without faith in chosenness, which charged one specific people with the redemption of the world, Messianic hope evaporated into the dim cloud of general philanthropy and universalism which became so characteristic of specifically Jewish political enthusiasm. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 238
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- DEFINE: Establishes the paired-concepts structure the chapter’s secularization argument turns on.
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