October 2009

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by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 28 October 2009

In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the [...]

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Anti-civ resource list

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 23 October 2009

During the gathering in Philadelphia, many of the speakers mentioned resources that have shaped their anti-civilization theology and practice in a Christian perspective. We’ve included a list of some of those writings in the book discussion section of the forum for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of the “anarcho-primitivist” analysis.

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Report Back: Gathering Around the Unhewn Stone

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 21 October 2009

Energizing. Transforming. Eye-opening. Disrupting. Like most symbols, these words don’t begin to capture the experience I had at the Gathering Around the Unhewn Stone conference over the weekend. Simply put Ched Myers gives one of the most devastating critiques of civilization and he digs deep into the Christian story to do it. His presentations were [...]

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A Third Letter from A Common Sense Atheist

by Mark Van Steenwyk 20 October 2009

Editor’s Note: Here’s the latest in the correspondence between “Common Sense Atheist” and me (Mark Van Steenwyk). Go HERE to read Luke’s (he’s the atheist) initial letter. My response was posted here. His second letter is here, followed by my second letter. To mix things up, all future letters in this series written by [...]

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A Poem For Mother Teresa

by Jason Winton 20 October 2009

Our Dark Mother (“To be at His disposal”)
“Let Him do with me whatever He wants
as He wants for as long as He wants.
If darkness is light to some soul—even
if it be nothing to nobody—I am
perfectly happy—to be God’s
flower of the field.”
You mean it, Mother?
Suffering, surrendered like a
petal dropped and wasted. No matter
how thinly you felt [...]

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Neoliberalism: An Introduction

by Andy Alexis-Baker 11 October 2009

Neoliberalism is a term that gets bantered about quite a bit. It is the primary target of the Zapatista uprising, for example. What does “neoliberalism” mean? How does it relate to how society functions? the economy? class? race? gender? How does neoliberalism relate to the current world economic downturn? In an insightful, instructive video Tim [...]

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Repent! For the Kingdom of God is Near

by Sarah Lynne 9 October 2009

Recently I have been struggling with what the appropriate response to a Liberationist perspective within my context would be.  At Missio Dei, Latin American Liberation theology has influenced a lot of our ideas about what the gospel really means, what Jesus calls us to, and what the Kingdom of God looks like.  We’ve talked a [...]

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A Response from a Common Sense Atheist

by Mark Van Steenwyk 7 October 2009

Editor’s Note: Here’s the latest in the correspondence between “Common Sense Atheist” and me (Mark Van Steenwyk). Go HERE to read Luke’s (he’s the atheist) initial letter. My response was posted here.  To mix things up, all future letters in this series written by me will be posted over at Common Sense Atheism. And all [...]

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The Death of progress

by JoshuaDbauIII 6 October 2009

Progress is a god, it is the god to which human life is expendable. Progress is a god of death. Progress in our world means, more, better, faster, stronger, richer, progress is synonymous with the future, where we are heading, whether we are ready or not, the world continues to move forward [...]

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Greed, America, and the Rich Young Ruler

by Mark Van Steenwyk 6 October 2009

A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and [...]

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