Beyond a Brave New World:
Anarchism and Christianity for the Coming Age

July 29 & 30, 2011

Location
Faith Mennonite Church
Minneapolis, Minn.

The ninth annual Jesus Radicals conference is scheduled for July 29-30 at Faith Mennonite Church in Minneapolis, Minn. The event will be co-hosted by the Missio Dei community.

This year’s theme is loosely inspired by themes, from Aldous Huxley’s work, Brave New World and will be organized into three core areas, including:

1. Understanding the emerging technologies and forms of social control that will affect our futures
2. Identifying the practices and social structures that condition us so that we are either unwilling or unable to resist these forces of oppression. (Or, to reference Huxley, naming our “somas”)
3. Exploring concrete ways we can live as anarchists and radical followers of Jesus in this unfolding reality.

More information: conference at jesusradicals dot com

Updates

July 20, 2011: Three new workshops will focus on radical parenting, negotiating new technologies and anarchic elements within the historical Black church. If you are an attendee who has signed up for housing, please review this very important update.
July 11, 2011: We are happy to report that we have a new registration form that works and an update on housing! Dr. Nancy Heitzeg’s session description for Resisting the Prison Industrial Complex is also online.
July 6, 2011: Session descriptions for Learning for Liberation by Autumn Brown and Emerging Beyond Systems of Oppression  by newly added speaker Amanda Barker have been added.
July 4, 2011: We have an update on free housing options.
July 1, 2011: Quarter page conference fliers are now available for download.
June 29, 2011: Find out more about Sarah Lynne Anderson on the speakers page.
June 26, 2011: Dr. Nancy Heitzeg has been added to the speakers. Musicians Insomniac Folklore will be performing at a conference concert on Friday night at Walker Church. Check them out on myspace.
June 21, 2011: Check out the conference schedule and the bio for our latest speaker, Carolyn Griffeth.
June 16, 2011: Descriptions for Big Brother IS Watching (Carrie Feldman) and for Hope for the 21st Century: Defending the sacredness of life… (Peter Lumsdaine) are available on the sessions page.
June 14, 2011: Bios for speakers Sarah Thompson and Mike Sosteric are posted.
June 12, 2011: Amaryah Armstrong will co-present with Chelsea Collogne for the Sexuality, Spirituality and Christian Radicalism session.
June 10, 2011: We’ve got ourselves a poster! Thanks to Erik Northfell (Relay Signal) for the illustration. Feel free to pass the PDF on to others.
May 30, 2011: Christopher Knestrick joins the list of presenters. Several session descriptions have been posted.
May 20, 2011: Carrie Feldman and Mike Sosteric have been added to the speakers list.
May 11, 2011: Autumn Brown joins the speaker roster for this year’s event
May 10, 2011: Ched Myers confirmed as speaker! Learn more about Ched at www.chedmyers.org
May 4, 2011: Bios for speakers Chelsea Collonge, Peter Lumsdaine and Mark Van Steenwyk are up