George Washington’s Birthday is celebrated today. As an Anglican deeply rooted in the land, one important way to understand him is through what Church of England Bishop John Inge called a “theology of place” in his 2003 book by the same name. Inge and authors of similar works explain the providential and sacred in particular geographic regions that shape and potentially redeem their residents.
In the biblical stories, all the major figures are divinely molded through their interaction with places. Abraham left Ur in search of a Promised Land. Moses, whose people were in Egypt thanks to the servitude and ascendancy of Joseph, leads the Hebrews to the place Abraham sought. The kings and prophets contended for that place. And the Savior Jesus arose from that place, proclaiming a universal message intrinsically connected to that place, from which His apostles would journey to distant lands with a Gospel that forever glorified that place.
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