Rowland Croucher
The London Riots – On Consumerism coming Home to Roost
09/08/2011 By Zygmunt Bauman These are not hunger or bread riots. These are riots of defective and disqualified consumers. Revolutions are not staple products of social inequality; but minefields are. Minefields are areas filled with randomly scattered explosives: one can be pretty sure that some of them, some time, will explode ¢â‚¬“ but one can ¢â‚¬â„¢t say with […]
Jesus liberates from mind games (Richard Rohr)
Jesus liberated us from mind games. If we are into philosophy we might have a hard time with Jesus. He does not lend himself to our games. Jesus preferred solitude and silence over study. He did study the scriptures, but whenever He wanted clarification He went away, alone and apart from the crowd. We like […]
Democracy, in the American tradition
Lakoff: How to Rescue the American Dream from the GOP’s Nightmare The Republicans are redefining “democracy”–but it’s time to remember what the real dream of democracy meant. By George Lakoff and Glenn Smith /July 28, 2011/ | Democracy, in the American tradition, has been defined by a simple morality: We Americans care about our fellow […]
THE ONLY CHURCH THAT ILLUMINATES IS A BURNING CHURCH
Slavoj ZizekABC RELIGION AND ETHICS8 AUG 2011 SPANISH ANARCHIST BUENAVENTURA DURUTTI SAID: “THE ONLY CHURCH THAT ILLUMINATES IS A BURNING CHURCH.” HE WAS RIGHT, THOUGH NOT IN THE ANTI-CLERICAL SENSE HIS REMARK WAS INTENDED TO HAVE. Why is theology emerging again as a point of reference for radical politics? It is emerging not in order to supply […]
SUDAN: GENOCIDE OF NUBA BY STARVATION
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 120 | Wed 10 Aug 2011 By Elizabeth Kendal [For background see RLPB 113 (22 June 2011) & RLPB 117 (20 July 2011) http://rlprayerbulletin.blogspot.com ] Daily bombing raids targeting the Nuba populations of South Kordofan have resulted in significant loss of life and destruction of properties, including homes, crops […]
More clean humo[u]r
Not Wanted Mother was having a hard time getting her son to go to school in the morning. “Nobody in school likes me,” he complained. “The teachers don’t like me, the kids don’t like me, the superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and […]
NORWEGIAN MASSACRE SHOWS WHY LIMITATIONS MUST BE PLACED ON COMPUTER GAMES
This article is an edited version of one written by Mr Jim Wallace Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby for The Australian newspaper. AS the witness accounts of the killing spree of Anders Behring Breivik were first told by survivors, there was for me a chilling resonance in their words and imagery. At the […]
LIBERATION FROM RELIGION (Richard Rohr)
LIBERATION FROM RELIGION (Richard Rohr) Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 4:55pm Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing. There is no indication He wanted any of His followers to be what I call ¢â‚¬Å“thought police ¢â‚¬ ¢â‚¬”thought police for others. That has been Rome ¢â‚¬â„¢s preoccupation for the greater part of 1,000 […]
IT’S SO HOT AND DRY in MISSOURI :-)
…..the birds have to use potholders to pull the worms out of the ground. ….the trees are whistling for the dogs. ….the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance ….hot water comes from both taps. ….you can make sun tea instantly. ….you learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good […]
THE DEATH OF AMERICA’S GOD
Stanley HauerwasABC RELIGION AND ETHICS8 AUG 2011 AMERICANS DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN BELIEF. THAT’S WHY AMERICA HAS NEVER PRODUCED AN INTERESTING ATHEIST: THE GOD MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE IN ISN’T INTERESTING ENOUGH TO DENY. America is the first great experiment in Protestant social formation. Protestantism in Europe always assumed and depended on […]
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