Could it be that seeing through the false claims of the power of the one percent, exposed by the Occupy movement, not only makes us better communities but also better theologians? via Theology at the Service of Humanity | Syndicate. I rarely quote the final sentence of an article in my highlighting/linking to a piece, but this one obviously stuck Continue Reading
The “sparks” lead to two different ingnitions: The all too common right wing knee-jerk, auto-pilot echo of the political right wing’s dismissal and rage against the idea that climate change poses an existential danger to us. Then there is the igniting of the long and rich history of ecotheological depth in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and in “other” theological traditions (especially Continue Reading
Soon after the Occupy movement began, I bought the domain occupytheology.org. It was an immensely theological event for me, and continues to be, regardless of the “hibernation” it’s most “visible” elements may be experiencing. I write “visible” in quotes, because it’s visibility tends to be defined by the media. If it’s not being covered as a REAL MOVEMENT, but as Continue Reading
Go to a lot of places outside of our country and our politics, and you often find yourself where climate change is more than a “debate” as it is often described here, and see the first hand effects (one can also find those places in our country as well, and these are just some of the many “Sacrafice Zones” that Continue Reading
http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/opinion/view/274 This article is titled “It’s a cold, hard fact: our world is becoming a better place” And it charts how much of the world’s population is under “Full Democracies”, as if the category itself is indicative of any country’s particular implementation of those claims. I question this because I’m an American, where “Full Democracy” has gradually become less and Continue Reading
we must learn to separate the individual officers, the lower-case police as humans, from the capital P- Police, the system and the problem. For Christians, we stand with people but we stand against systems of oppression. “Fuck the Police†can be possible in a Christian context, because it is the real cry of people, because it is a cry of Continue Reading
Scientists Say Global Warming Has Been “Hugely Underestimated” via As Casualties Mount, Scientists Say Global Warming Has Been “Hugely Underestimated”. A major study recently published in New Scientist found that “scientists may have hugely underestimated the extent of global warming because temperature readings from southern hemisphere seas were inaccurate,” and said that ACD is “worse than we thought” because it Continue Reading
http://www.popularresistance.org/occupy-continues-in-parliament-square-for-real-democracy/ Doesn’t seem to be “dead”…. As long as corporate corruption and undemocratic shenanigans continue, the people will not continue to acquiesce. Now if only we can light a fire under our populace here in the states. If Londoners can do this, why can’t we? (Answer, we can and do, but it needs to get persistent and un-“missable”…..the #PeoplesClimate and Continue Reading
Naomi Klein, the award-winning journalist and author of global best-sellers The Shock Doctrine and No Logo discusses her most provocative book yet, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. – from the YouTube description We’ve continued on the road of more and more emissions for 25 years since we were told by scientists that this was a perilous road. There Continue Reading
even faith-based organizing becomes problematic without the hard theological work of distinguishing liberative faith from status quo faith. – Joerg Rieger in response to Romand Coles ‘ article: Ecotones and the Arts of Radical Ecclesia and Radical Democracy | Syndicate. For me, and it seems also for Joerg Rieger, the Occupy Movement provided the church with a model of organizing activism Continue Reading
Indeed postcolonial independence movements—which so often had the redistribution of unjustly concentrated resources, whether of land or minerals, as their core missions— were consistently undermined through political assassinations, foreign interference, and, more recently, the chains of debt-driven structural adjustment programs Klein, Naomi (2014-09-16). This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (p. 454). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. Naomi put her Continue Reading
“Because our church is located at a road crossing, with lots of protesters with different political views passing by, we welcome them all in to have a short rest here” – Rev. Tin-YauYuen, pastor of the Chinese Methodist Church “I am proud of my faith and my church in such a critical moment,†Lam said. “I think what we are doing showed Continue Reading
Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology via Seminary Farm Combines Theology and Ecology – The United Methodist Church.
Too often in this “Christian Nation” (or any other instance of nationwide Christians who live under an instance “Christendom” – where the Christians of a certain nation live under what many will call a “dual citizenship” (Kingdom of God and one of the “Kingdoms of the Earth”) …..too often we avoid the confrontations with the Kingdoms of the Earth where Continue Reading
Russell Brand and the author Naomi Klein have called for a “revolution” that could potentially see oil giants like Exxon Mobil dismantled. Speaking to Brand as part of a podcast exclusively shared with The Huffington Post, Klein agreed with the comedian’s call for a political and economic revolution, but warned: “It’s not going to happen in the right way if Continue Reading