“The Use of the Bible to Justify Inequality and Advance Social Justice”

Earlier this summer, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders referenced the Bible, specifically Romans 13, to justify the US government’s acts of separating children from their parents on the Mexico/US border. This example raises important questions about the use of the Bible and biblical interpretations in social and economic policy and practices, which has a long and complicated history in the US and global context.