Vol 1. No. 1 ​
​The Movement Makes Us Human

Guest Editor: Joanna Shenk
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Original illustration used with permission.

Table of Contents


  1. Introduction by Joanna Shenk ​
     Now is the time to be human and join with all our creaturely family in the dance of liberation.
  2. The Liberating Spirituality of Vincent Harding by Ric Hudgens
    ​A look at Harding’s spirituality -- focused  on reaching out, rootedness, and wrestling -- and how it was influenced by Howard Thurman and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  3. Most Days, Some Days, and Today by Alicia Crosby
    A poem on the power of community to sustain us in these trying times.
  4. White Terror by David Brazil
    A call for Christians to recognize those who are nailing people to crosses and those who are being nailed and to stand unapologetically with the latter.
  5. Witnessing to Healing as Liberation by Jonathan Brenneman
    A story of nonviolent resistance, solidarity, and transformation in occupied Palestine.
  6. Simply Living for the Long Haul by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann
    An exploration of how simple living, by itself insufficient, can be a catalyst for justice when coupled with systemic analyses and relationships across lines of difference.
  7. They Try to Call Me Jesus by Joshua Kinder​
    One teacher’s commitment to create a classroom where justice and love can flourish.    ​​
  8. Love Yourself by Regina Shands Stoltzfus
    An important part of undoing the inhumanity in our world is to deeply love ourselves.
  9. Rebuking Demons, Restoring Humans: Exorcisms in the Age of White Nationalism by J. Amos Caley
    A sermon recognizing the demonic forces of racism and white supremacy that exist in our individual and collective bodies and claiming the power of God to cast them out.
  10. Becoming Human at the Table by Sarah Lynne Gershon
    Reflections on being a guest at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
  11. To, With, Through: A Politco-Spiritual Conversation by Yann Larrieu
    A testimony of the transformation that occurs as people move from charity to solidarity.

About

Rock! Paper! Scissors! is a tri-annual, topic-focused, web-publication exploring the intersections of anarchist politics and Christian faith. Through following the way of Jesus in the shadow of empire, we seek to undermine systems of oppression and creatively explore possibilities for liberation from an anarchist or radical christian perspective.​

RPS Issue #2:
Liberation for Every Body

The second issue of Rock! Paper! Scissors! tools for anarchist + Christian thought and action, will focus on the theme "Liberation for Every Body." Essays, photography, poetry, sermons, songs, videos and other contributions exploring issues surrounding animal liberation and meditations on oppression and shalom in which other animals are the center or the starting point.