Explore the history visa vi People’s History etc.
Dorothy Day, Raschenbusch, Finney, Merton, MLK
Following the church alignments with various and opposing uprisings (Tea Party vs Progressive/Environmental/“Socialist†(formerly known as Liberal agenda)
Researching Poor People’s campaign for background/theological rationale and movement insights to help us as a church mobilize for economic justice (even tho now we are moving into something less than pure altruism; we are ALL increasingly affected (but not as if we weren’t even when it wasn’t so directly affecting us economically)
Ingredients of a successful online mobilization; or : How do we use a tool that by itsvery nature keeps us “walled off†or “disembodied†into EMBODIMENT? Tahir Square required a presence as the result.
Church mission requires we ask a similar, if not directly relevent question: How do we move beyond conversation (ie “endless conversationâ€) to engagement and embodiment? os