By W. Travis McMaken Occupy Wall Street and the movement it spawned (#OWS) proclaims that our social life together in the
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Helmut Gollwitzer and Economic Justice¹ Abstract: Helmut Gollwitzer’s legacy as a politically concerned pastor and theologian is instructive for those today who want to take seriously both what Christian faith means for socio-economic justice and what that concern for socio-economic
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Seminarians Become Justice Locavores When justice becomes as real as the incarcerated man sitting across from you, when justice becomes something we can touch, feel, then justice will be done… then we will find the time… then we will risk even conflict, because now the very personal relationships, which were
MoreBy W. Travis McMaken Occupy Wall Street and the movement it spawned (#OWS) proclaims that our social life together in the United States has been tragically undermined by the concentration of wealth and political influence in the hands of a few, thereby disenfranchising the many. The author undertakes to
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A Reflection on three Stieg Larsson novels in light of the Occupy Wall Street protests November 22, 2011, by Chris Iosso, an editorial The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2006, English 2008), The Girl Who Played With Fire (2006, English 2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (2007, English
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Rev. Rich Lang, a United Methodist campus minister at the University of Washington, was pepper-sprayed by police while participating in the Occupy Movement in Seattle. Below are his words in response. Immediately below are videos of the pepper-spraying and the aftermath. A PASTORAL LAMENT FOR MY COUNTRY America, America, my
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A RESPONSE TO THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT November 1, 2011, by Editor Chris Iosso, who invites Christians into dialogue about the role the church should play in the Occupy Movement. A golden calf—that looks like the Wall Street bull statue—is carried through New York’s Zuccotti Park encampment by a bunch
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