Exactly how a religion defined by a cross-bearer has so consistently been leveraged by cross-builders across history remains an irrefutable predicament at the heart of Christianity.
For nearly two thousand years, Christianity and empires have upheld each other. Not occasionally, not by accident, but structurally and repeatedly, in ways that consistently supported the power of the few over against the power of the many. Christianity was born in the context of empire and was never free of it. There is no pristine origin to recover, no early period before the trouble started, no moment when the faith stood clear of the powers that be and can be retrieved intact. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.
So the title of this essay and our upcoming class is a claim that must be earned. Empire kept a great deal. The question is whether it kept everything.
—Joerg Rieger, author of Christ and Empire and co-leading a 6 week online class (begins Thursday, August 27, 2026) on HomeBrewed Christianity with Tripp Fuller. Quote taken from Substack article : https://processthis.substack.com/p/the-christ-the-empire-couldnt-keep
Month: July 2026
The Ecological Crisis is a Whole Earth Emergency : A CCC blog by Stephen Barlow
Preeminence of the Ecological Crisis.“The single biggest delusion, false belief, in mainstream politics and economics, is that somehow the climate and ecological emergency is just another issue which can be set aside when considering other issues. Rather, the ecological polycrisis will determine everything, economic and societal. There are no issues independent of it. It determines everything that is going to Continue Reading
Climate change is no longer an alarming possibility; it has become a fearful reality.
Climate change is no longer an alarming possibility; it has become a fearful reality. Disaster can be averted only if we change the way we live. This crisis has been caused by our modern way of life, which, despite its considerable achievements, is fatally flawed. We are beginning to realise that the way we live now, for all its manifold Continue Reading
Alexander Kolodin, who tried to overturn Arizona election results, wins GOP nod for secretary of state
Kolodin will face Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes after defeating former state Republican Party chair Gina Swoboda, NBC News projects. Source: Alexander Kolodin, who tried to overturn Arizona election results, wins GOP nod for secretary of state
Ben Inskeep on X: “BAIT & SWITCH?
The federal government just approved replacing a planned 19-MW solar-plus-storage project with a 167-MW energy-guzzling data center on PUBLIC LAND. They rammed it through without a public hearing, consulting local gov, environmental review, or documentation! https://www.eenews.net/articles/nevada-town-battles-trump-admin-over-data-center/ Source: Ben Inskeep on X: “BAIT & SWITCH?: The federal government just approved replacing a planned 19-MW solar-plus-storage project with a 167-MW energy-guzzling data Continue Reading
Democracy Now! on X: “Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Imports from Canada”
Source: Democracy Now! on X: “Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Imports from Canada https://t.co/IZ6Bbq5sIH” / Twitter
LOL….inevitable meme
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AI at work with things it can definitely do well.
Another good example of where AI can be and should be put to work:
Climate Action: Priceless
“refusing to tackle the climate emergency on the basis of cost is like being trapped in your car on a level crossing as a train speeds towards it, but refusing to pay the tow truck fee because you think it’s too high.” —McGuire, Bill. The Fate of the World: An urgent polemic about the history and politics of climate change Continue Reading
US Gov Report Details ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events | Common Dreams
Well, I guess we can expect “National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine” to come under direct fire from the denier idiots in the White House and Lee Zeldin’s EPA for this “outrage” of reporting actual science. “The next time your community is hit by a heatwave or flash flood, lay some blame with Big Oil. This report is yet Continue Reading
Eco-aware AI
"Claude: Ask hard questions. " AI commercial that ran during All-Star game. So help us build for a warmer world, and toward a sustainable future. Kind of a big challenge.It's easily the most important set of questions and answers we need to find and build. Clarification: "build for a warmer world" that is now with us for quite some time, Continue Reading
Climate Deniers Are the Proverbial Frog in Boiling Water
I've heard many times now that the "Frog in Boiling Water" thing is a myth, but the Climate Deniers? They make it true. Even now, they keep saying "It's just summer", and theyre still quoting fake science that "disproves" we are experiencing more often and more intense storms. The water has been boiling a long time, and they're still at Continue Reading