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As colleagues are preparing their syllabi for the new semester, I want to start a thread sharing polisci books published during the pandemic (especially by early career scholars) to help promote them. If you can help, DM me the title of your book and I’ll add it to the thread 1/
Also please indicate if you’d be willing to hop on a zoom meeting to discuss it with the class when assigned. We open the thread with Counterterrorism Strategies in #Egypt by Ahmed M. Abozaid (@AbozaidahmedM) 2/ 
The next nomination we got is for Nivi Manchanda's Imagining Afghanistan: The History and Politics of Imperial Knowledge Production. #ImaginingAfghanistan would make a great read in IR, Postcolonial Studies, critical theory and more 3/ (keep them coming!)
Psalm 10 has much #PoliticalTheology regarding oppression. Digs into the mind/heart, not just the words and deeds.
The heart of the oppressor includes several sins. First, arrogance (vs. 2). This arrogance is also called pride (vs. 4). The essence of the arrogance/pride is two-fold. First, the posture toward God. This evil man's thoughts are "there is no God."
If there is no God, then the oppressor in some sense believes he is God or a god. This man also is "greedy for gain." Aristotle said the difference between good and bad ruler is whether he rules for himself or for the people. These oppressors if they are rulers are the bad ones.
A lot of #PoliticalTheology going on in Psalm 9. It picks up on a theme from Psalm 7 about the Psalmist appealing his just cause to God. If you weren't convinced that this involved political language, Psalm 9 makes that conclusion overtly.
When appealing for his just cause, David (the Psalm's author) expresses confidence because, he says to God, "you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment." Sitting on the throne is a clear political picture, the place where the king acts authoritatively.
David then contrasts the political status of "the enemy" to God and His kingdom. The enemy he rebuked. But how? He ended them in "everlasting ruins." In particular, David notes that "their cities you rooted out." The image of the city is a frequent one for a political community.
