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The new Peaceable Kingdom is here

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 28 May 2010

About four years ago now, I attended the first Wake Up Weekend vegan event at Calvin College as a skeptical pseudo-vegetarian. (Yes. I admit that at that time I was–for some inexplicable reason–still convinced that fish were not animals.) I could see why killing cows, pigs, chicken and other animals for food was problematic–especially from [...]

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The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith

by Alan Kreider 13 April 2010

The Naked Anabaptist, published on April 1, is not a joke. It is a remarkably accessible presentation of Anabaptism as good news for people today of all traditions who want to follow Jesus. Its author, Stuart Murray, is English and writes from the experience of the Anabaptist Network in the UK. The Network’s [...]

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Christian Anarchism: A political commentary on the Gospel

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 28 February 2010

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, editor of Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives, has added a new book to the growing literature on Christianity and anarchism. Published with Imprint Academic, Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel looks at the work of people like Jacques Ellul, Vernard Eller, Dave Andrews and the Catholic Worker movement and attempts to [...]

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Free-for-All Jesus Radicals conference media

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 27 December 2009

We’re happy to report that we have video recordings from the anarchism and Christianity conference to share—and they are free. Thanks to videographer and producer Ljuba Miltsova (Cation Productions), you can see this year’s presentations by Layla AbdelRahim (“A Lullaby for the Planet: Undressing Ourselves for a Viable Parenthood”) and John Zerzan (“Anarcho-Primitivism versus [...]

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Happy New Year in November?

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 13 November 2009

“The churches in North America today are pushed around by a number of calendars: agricultural seasons, school terms, Hallmark moments, patriotic memorials, sporting championships, and waves of entertainment and commerce. All these are pressed onto a calendar of twelve roughly lunar months, all pressing for the churches to correspond to their patterns. But for a [...]

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Home: A film by Yann Arthus Bertrand

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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Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 30 August 2009

This fall will mark the release of a book project that brings together twelve people who hold both anarchism and religious faith as significant parts of their identities. Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives features anarchists from Christian, Buddhist, Muslim and Daoist traditions whose essays “provide an outline history of some of the leading currents of [...]

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Power and Practices: Engaging the Work of John Howard Yoder

by Andy Alexis-Baker 19 August 2009

A new book has just been released that engages the work of John Howard Yoder: Power and Practices: Engaging the Work of John Howard Yoder, edited by Jeremy Bergen and Anthony Siegrist. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 2009.
Herald Press describes the book this way:
A new generation engages the theology of John Howard Yoder. These essays wrestle [...]

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International: South Pacific Christian Anarchists launch new zine

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 7 August 2009

Our fellow Jesus Radicals from the South Pacific have released the first issue of their new zine Co-Opted? Kia Ngaatahi and it’s a goodie. The aim of the publication is to:
provide some helpful information regarding what we see as the anarchist tendencies of Jesus’ teaching and how his message has been followed and/or distorted by [...]

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