August 2011

Malcolm in the Middle

by Ric Hudgens 31 August 2011

This week marked the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the dedication of the new King Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The Memorial has already garnered a significant share of criticism for its design, its architect, its cost, and its location; and that criticism has come [...]

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symbolic actions for confronting the powers: the Gospels

by John D. Rich, Jr. 30 August 2011

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two part series. For part one, read Symbolic Actions for Confronting the Powers: the Prophets.

In a previous article, I gave a list of symbolic actions that I found in a review of the prophetic books of the Bible, along with what these would look like if they were [...]

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God of America

by Daniel Farrell 29 August 2011

America, America, one nation under our god
in unity we stand together in our worship
our lives being devoted to our god
the world sees our lives and knows who we serve
we spend our time focusing on our god
no one can doubt our devotion
we listen to the teaching
and apply it to our daily lives
we worship regularly
giving our god [...]

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Christian Anti-Oppression/Ministerial Training, Support, Community (Free)

by Eda Uca-Dorn 26 August 2011

Hosanna! People’s Seminary invites you to their 2011-2012 programming:
Whether you’re interested in building communities and missions accessible to all, participating in free, supportive, and challenging anti-racism training and community for white folks, or practicing womanist/feminist preaching on the body in a community of sisters, we have something for you this year! Check out our open programs and meeting [...]

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symbolic actions for confronting the powers: the Prophets

by John D. Rich, Jr. 25 August 2011

Recently, I reread all of the prophetic books of the Bible, along with the three synoptic Gospels, with the goal of writing down examples of symbolic actions which the protagonists in those books used to confront the evils of their time. In many cases, these symbolic actions were meant to communicate the coming disaster which [...]

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Are You too Radical for Change? A Call to Action for the Environment, but Will any Heed It?

by Andy Alexis-Baker 24 August 2011

As I write this, one of the largest civil disobedience campaigns in the history of the environmentalist movement is underway in Washington D.C. with over 2,100 people declaring their intent to be arrested in protest of the plans to build a 1,700-mile pipeline called the Keystone XL. That pipeline would transmit bitumen, which is an [...]

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The Living Heart of Love

by Boyd Collins 23 August 2011

As a long-time follower of Jesus Radicals, I have noticed a pattern in the articles posted to this site. Most of them present a rich and deep Christian faith, but when it comes to defining the “anarchism” which the site promotes, the definition of this political philosophy in most articles is extremely vague. In some [...]

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Book Review: Captivity

by Christopher Knestrick 22 August 2011

Captivity: 118 days in Iraq and the Struggle for a World without War by James Loney, a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (

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the Iconocast: Bruce Levine (episode 36)

by the Iconocast Collective 18 August 2011

In this episode, Mark (with an impromptu question from Orrin) interviews Dr. Bruce Levine.
Dr. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite A practicing clinical psychologist often at odds with the mainstream of his [...]

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The Distortion of God

by Don Whitman 17 August 2011

In an article on the Catholic Worker list serve John Dear writes about his speaking engagements. He writes that people ask if Jesus intends that we not kill. In the article as a way of explaining how he answers he writes, “Jesus, Gandhi declared, was meticulously nonviolent. He embodied nonviolence; it determined all his actions—from [...]

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