In my last post, I explored my recent considerations regarding different understandings of individualism. From a market neoliberal approach, society is built from individuals and nothing but individuals — we are the sum of the characteristics brought to society by individuals and nothing more. From a capability approach, we start with the individual as the… Continue reading From the individual to the social and back again
The world cannot be a problem to anyone who sees that ultimately Christ, the world, his brother and his own inmost ground are made one and the same in grace and redemptive love. If all the current talk about the world helps people to discover this, then it is fine. But if it produces nothing… Continue reading Our Alienation from Ourselves
“Mawwage. Mawwage is what bwings us together today.” –The Princess Bride Humans are social creatures and we come into social relationships in a variety of ways, marriage being one example. People marry for many reasons — perhaps to formally recognize an emotional bond, or as a calculated way to bring together two disparate social networks… Continue reading Community
This past year I spent some time learning about the historical Jesus. Rather than lessening my faith, it’s transformed it. For the historical Jesus was born out of wedlock. His parents spent their early years refugees in Egypt, both escaping violence and also to avoid the shame of that fact of his birth and their… Continue reading The OTHER Jesus
I continue to work through issues of difference and diversity. A couple of years ago I posted on difference as a resource, and I still agree with that principle. But especially this past year as I read through books like Robin Wall Kimmerer‘s Braiding Sweetgrass and Thomas King‘s The Truth About Stories, and have conversations with… Continue reading Beyond Diversity
