A Communal Worldview – June 22, 2021
“The delight in hearing one’s own voice is lethal to religion. Religion used to be, and still is for some, a communal worldview about ultimate reality, with the resultant communal rituals and ethics. In most earlier societies, all the people who lived in the same locale endured the same natural disasters, survived the same plagues. […]
This is a Theology – Apr. 23, 2020
“This is a theology which does not stop with reflecting on the world, but rather tries to be a process through which the world is transformed. It is a theology which is open–in the protest against trampled human dignity, in the struggle against the plunder of the vast majority of people, in liberating love, and […]
When We Include – Oct. 2, 2019
“Those who are weak have great difficulty finding their place in our society. The image of the ideal human as powerful and capable disenfranchises the old, the sick, the less-abled. For me, society must, by definition, be inclusive of the needs and gifts of all its members. How can we lay claim to making an […]
If All This is True – May 23, 2019
“If all this is true, then it is clear that any structure of society, any arrangement under which human beings live, that does not provide maximum opportunities for free-flowing circulation among one another, works against social and individual health. Any attitudes, private or group which prohibit people from coming into “across-the-board” contact with each other […]
