Embodying Peace, Transforming Violence: An Interview with Sarah Thompson
Christian Peacemaker Teams is an organization committed to building partnerships to transform violence and oppression.
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The Defecation that is, often, Christian Nonviolence
Over the last few weeks I’ve had to deal with so many critiques of Christian pacifism that I decided to level one myself. Anytime I get very defensive, to the point of making fun of my critics, I figure it’s a good time to level a criticism at myself or, at the very least, my […]
Animal Crackers
To celebrate the publication of the second volume of The Peaceable Kingdom series (A Faith Embracing All Creatures), for the next few weeks I’ll be randomly posting on animals, Christianity, and why, three times a day, most of my nonviolent friends live lives that are the absolute antithesis of nonviolence. Ya’ flesh-eating, ‘bodies consuming other […]
What does Reinhold Niebuhr have to do with Drones?
During Pres. Obama’s first year in office, he testified that Reinhold Niebuhr was his favorite theologian. R. Niebuhr is of course famous, in part, because of his writings on “Christian Realism.” I am under the impression that the vast majority of American Christians live under the Christian Realist moniker without ever having heard of Reinhold […]
‘A Faith Not Worth Fighting For’ May Be Worth Reviewing
In the past two weeks we’ve landed a sweet number of reviews for A Faith Not Worth Fighting For. So, I obviously have to share them with you. No, seriously, I literally have to share them with you. My publicist told me so. And she plays mean when I don’t listen to her. Think ‘Judas Cradle’ mean. Therefore, […]
This Is the Way the World Ends: A Conversation between Kara N. Slade and Amy Laura Hall on Domination and Solidarity in Young Adult Dystopias
Dystopian novels—stories of the future going badly wrong—have apparently now surpassed the vampire and fantasy genres in the young adult fiction market. The books, and the phenomenon of their popularity, have provoked numerous discussions online, in schools, and in the sort of serious, adult magazines that teenagers don’t read. (We know this, of course, only […]
On Being “Out-Christianed” By Bill Maher (“It’s not even hard work.”)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAvDtPz33w0] It’s really no surprise that an atheist like Maher interprets Jesus more faithfully than the average North American Christian, but still . . . it’s gotta sting a little. And I don’t even like Maher.
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: An Interview with Eugene McCarraher, Part Two of Three
In part two of this three-part interview, Christian historian and cultural critic Eugene McCarraher reflects on the “Obama Doctrine,” Niebuhrian realism, and the usefulness of maps.