A Field Guide To Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, And Movements For The Gospel Of Peaceby David C. Cramer, Myles Werntz BAKER ACADEMIC – Christian nonviolence is not a settled position but a vibrant and living tradition that includes mystics, feminists, liberation theologians, civil rights activists, Niebuhrian realists, and more. This book offers a concise introduction to the […]

There are 6 recorded conversations with Anthony Kelly, former Senior Lecturer in Community Work at the University of Queensland, being interviewed by Peter Westoby, CoDirector of Community Praxis Co-op. .  http://www.communitypraxis.org/online-dialogue-resources.html Introduction: What is Dialogue? (6 minutes)Dialogue Skill #1: Text, Commentary, Subtext (11 minutes)Dialogue Skill #2: Nurturing the Thread of Trust (10 minutes)Dialogue Skill #3: […]

Xavier SymonsPosted Mon 12 Jul 2021, 2:03pmUpdated Mon 12 Jul 2021, 2:03pm There have been many examples of heroism during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need look no further than the scores of health professionals around the world who put their lives at risk to care for COVID-19 infected patients. Many of these workers contracted the virus, and […]

Four Of My Compassionate Community Work Lectures Video 1 – Characteristics of Christlike Community Work Video 2 – The Trinity as a Model for Human Community Video 3 – The Trinity As A Method For Community Development Video 4 – The Trinity As A Matrix For Organisational Transformation https://www.surrender.org.au/listen/compassionate-community-work Recommendation by Rev. Dr. Charles Ringma […]

CHRISTIAN CENTURY – The Bible takes the communal nature of sin and redemption for granted, so much so that it can be hard for us to see how individualistic our biblical interpretation tends to be. The good news about collective and institutional sin is that, like individual sin, it can be redeemed. By acknowledging systemic sin and […]

Are All White People Racist? Why Critical Race Theory Has Us RattledSMH – Tim Soutphommasane, professor of sociology and political theory at the University of Sydney and Australia’s former Race Discrimination Commissioner, says CRT is not the only model for dissecting racism, and nor is it “beyond reproach”. But for many people concerned with combating racism, […]

Keith Giles & Jason G. Porterfield Would early Christians recognize the behavior of today’s Christians? In this episode, Craig is joined by authors Keith Giles and Jason G. Porterfield for a conversation on how the early church understood our affiliations to the state, the poor, and violence. What events and leaders have contributed to the modern […]

By my friend Jasion Porterfield See e-book at https://bit.ly/3lWIsnZ

The Lumen Christi Institute presentsour new e-newsletterIn LumineThe Lumen Christi Institute Hosts Charles Taylor in an event on Fragile Democracy, Technocratic Takeover, and Popular Renewal.We are experiencing a crisis of democracy more powerful than anything seen in a generation: inequality continues at a galloping pace; policing is increasingly racialized and militarized; political decision-making appears remote […]

Responding to the social and political challenges of the pandemic Matteo Bonotti and Steven Zech Posted Wed 17 Mar 2021 https://ab.co/3f2sDLh

Catholic Social Teaching looks at the policy of lockdowns The impact of the Covid era on the Common Good is complex, and as the scale of the fallout becomes clear, there will be more scrutiny on the decisions that have been taken by government. Public opinion about lockdown policies has become polarised and this is inhibiting serious deliberation. We are pleased […]

What Paul and Silas might have said about George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and and and … DENNIS R. EDWARDS For many of us, anger, sadness, frustration, and fatigue are not episodic responses but chronic conditions. In recent days we’ve all seen, heard, and read of the lynching of Ahmaud Arbery, the shooting […]