Traditional theologians use another word for solidarity: incarnation, the belief that Jesus incarnated or embodied the Spirit of God in human flesh, which means in solidarity with all humanity (see John 1:14). Through Jesus, God joins in solidarity, not just with religious humanity, not just with enlightened humanity, not just with pure, innocent, idealized humanity, but with the fleshy, messy, mucky humanity of unclean slobs like us—who lost our innocence long ago.
