Category: Social Issues
The 99% Occupy Movement: We Need Interclass Dialogue for Mutual Transformation, Liberation
The Occupy Movement has identified itself using the term 99%. On the face, this seems to present a permanent dichotomy between the 1% of richest people, and the 99% of the rest of us. Of course,... Read More
The Danger of “Us v. Them” Thinking in Our Work for Social Change
I know it’s easier, when there are disagreements, to see the “other side” as completely wrong and “our side” as completely justified. But there is real danger in casting any conflict as a bl... Read More
The Firebombing of Charlie Hebdo: Free Speech vs Islam?
The firebombing of Charlie Hebdo offices following its decision to run an edition featuring Prophet Mohamed as “guest editor,” is a sad reflection of France’s uneasy relationship to Islam and re... Read More
We All Have Our Choice
The participation of religious folk in the various “occupations” springing up throughout the U.S. is receiving increasing attention. Jonathan Oskins, writing for State of Formation, provid... Read More
The Hidden Values of Medical Training
One of the most cited adages of my medical training has been William Osler’s famous quip: “the secret of caring for the patient is in caring for the patient.” For those not in the medical field,... Read More
Occupy Wall Street: Abundance v Scarcity
While preparing for class recently, I read an article by Walter Brueggemann “The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity” which takes a Christian theological analysis to the notions of abundanc... Read More
Ringing the Bell: Will Occupy Wall St. Reverberate?
I was scanning through pictures of the Occupy Wall Street protest this week, trying to put this new movement in perspective, when two pictures caught my eye. The first was a Japanese man wearing a mas... Read More
Out of Deep Love
Article first published as Out of Deep Love: The Lessons of Martin Luther King Jr. on Blogcritics. The recent dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial has inspired some to invoke his name in ... Read More