How messianic hopes create both havoc and healing

The redemptive/messianic expectations of any community shape their present realities and behaviors profoundly. In fact, once those expectations are made known, one can almost always predict how that community is likely to behave, at least if they have to power and opportunity to do so.

By Brad Hirschfield | January 19, 2011; 02:15 PM ET | Comments (4)