July 7, 2010 / Praxis
In response to the earthquake’s devastation in Haiti, the church must look to its constitutive story—the cross and resurrection of Jesus—in order to speak and act faithfully in solidarity with those who are suffering.
Issue 16.5: Special Issue – Haiti
How faith has resisted racial injustice and violence, or has been co-opted and perpetuated such violence, is particularly important for today’s church. Across denominations and spiritual movements there are hopeful signs of a fuller witness to unity, but there also remain racist chasms between brothers and sisters in the faith. This issue of The Other Journal will explore the topic of race theologically out of the conviction that matters of race are the most important matters of our time.
Allison Backous & Brooke James
June 10, 2010 / Praxis
June 10, 2010 / Praxis
In this interview, nurse and aid worker Brooke James recounts her experiences in Port-au-Prince during the earthquake and reflects on life in Haiti now, five months after the catastrophe.
Nadine Pinède
May 19, 2010 / Praxis
May 19, 2010 / Praxis
In this essay, Nadine Pinède reflects on a 2003 trip to Haiti and on a gathering of the MPP, Haiti’s largest grassroots organization, which focuses on food production and peasant mobilization as a response to poverty in Haiti.
Patricia Biela
April 13, 2010 / Creative Writing
April 13, 2010 / Creative Writing
A poem inspired by a photograph taken in Haiti, five days after the 2006 election of Rene Preval.
Katie Grimes
March 31, 2010 / Theology
March 31, 2010 / Theology
The life of Bartolome de Las Casas suggests that, for Christians living in privileged nations such as the United States, poverty in solidarity with the poor is a requirement of discipleship; the necessity of such solidarity is demonstrated by the United States Catholic bishops’ conference’s inability to grasp the true nature of its country’s relationship to Haiti.
Austin Alexis
March 17, 2010 / Creative Writing
March 17, 2010 / Creative Writing
In this poem, Austin Alexis compares the recovery of a Haitian earthquake survivor to the beauty of a poem.
Billy Daniel
March 11, 2010 / Theology
March 11, 2010 / Theology
This essay exposes the Christological bankruptcy of theodicy in the modern age, revealing the essential nature of any system of knowledge as being open to epistemological crises, especially with regard to Christianity.
J. Kameron Carter
February 28, 2010 / Theology
February 28, 2010 / Theology
In this essay, theologian J. Kameron Carter considers what’s wrong with theodicy questions, or questions about God, suffering, and evil, in relationship to the recent earthquake in Haiti.