What’s the Deal with Organizing?
Dan Rhodes frames the act of organizing as essential for the church, describing a constellation of artful practices to help rehabilitate our political muscles and counter the fragmentation and injustice.
Daniel P. Rhodes
Daniel P. Rhodes is associate professor of contextual education at Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies where he develops theological education programs that are grounded in theological action research. Prior to Loyola, Rhodes served in ministry for nine years and as a leader in community organizing. He is also a member of the board of directors for the Black Mountain School of The- ology & Community, a new educational institution focused on co-learning and co-action as the means for structural change.
Mittopian Dreams
From Dan Rhodes :: Editor-in-Chief. In a recent interview, Mitt Romney once again displayed how sore a loser he is by emphatically declaring that had he been elected president he would be doing a much better job than Obama. It is clear that his ego is matched only by his inability to conceive of things not […]
A review of Revolutionary Christian Citizenship
Revolutionary Christian Citizenship By John Howard Yoder and Edited by John C. Nugent, Branson Parler, and Andy Alexis-Baker Yoder for Everyone, Vol. 2 Herald Press, 2013. 171 pages. $15.99. Discipleship and Political Disruption by Dan Rhodes My guess is that Yoder would wryly smirk at the idea of a “Yoder for Everyone” series. I […]
The Banal Road to Perdition: Cliché, Political Failure, and What the Tea Party Can Teach Us
In this essay, David Kline and Dan Rhodes discuss how Christianity can learn from the Tea Party, while at the same time showing how the language of cliché not only distracts us from the real political issues we face but also creates an ersatz sense of certainty that can make us unintentional participants in evil and violence.
Pardon the Interruption: A Meditation on Luke 1:26-36
In this Advent sermon, Dan Rhodes engages the deeply disturbing and yet hopeful interruption of the angel Gabriel to Mary, when he announces that she will bear the Christ-child.
Stories of New Creation, Reconciliation, and Hope: An Interview with Chris Rice
Dan Rhodes talks to Chris Rice about the catastrophic failures, flashes of redemption, and possibilities for hope in a world of pain and conflict.
Race and the Disfiguration of the Christian Social Imagination: An Interview with Willie Jennings
Willie Jennings discusses the racial disfigurement of the Christian social imagination and how its heritage continues to plague our view of people and the world.
Learning Like a Christian: An Interview with Stanley Hauerwas
The Other Journal’s Dan Rhodes interviews Stanley Hauerwas about the state of education and the role of theology in the modern research university.
Dam(nation) and the American Prophetic Imagination: An Interview with Charles T. Mathewes
In this interview, Charles Mathewes explores the current movements of Atheism through American religious history.