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Facing Suffering: Human Rights Tragedies and the Divine Comedy

Kelly Johnson
December 17, 2009 / Theology

In this essay, Kelly Johnson explores the categories of comedy and tragedy as she considers how we might stay informed about social injustices, suffering, and human rights violations and yet maintain and nurture Christian joy.

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Blessed Are the Organized—Solidarity, Finitude, and the Future of Pluralistic Democracy: An Interview with Jeffrey Stout, Part II

In this wide-ranging interview, Jeffrey Stout discusses themes from his 2004 book DEMOCRACY AND TRADITION, including such topics as religion, democracy, secularism, piety, and the intellectual orientation he, following Stanley Cavell, calls “Emersonian Perfectionism.”