Why the autonomous revolution needs comparative religion more than another ethics framework In 1236, the government of Korea was living on an island. Five years earlier, Mongol cavalry crossed the northern border, forcing King Gojong’s court to leave the mainland capital for Ganghwa, a tidal island safe from the horsemen. On the mainland, the invaders... Continue Reading →
The Printing Press and the Pitchfork
What a forgotten massacre in 1525 can tell us about inequality, violence, and the machines we are building now. On the morning of 15 May 1525, several thousand German peasants assembled on a hillside near Frankenhausen. Their grievances were many, and, astonishingly for people of their station, they had put them into print. Two months... Continue Reading →
Imagine what can happen when millions of people decide to make positive changes. By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Three times in two months, residents in Indiana’s northwest region were warned about destructive storms and advised to seek shelter. Each storm caused damage, and many described the destruction left behind by the third storm as the worst span of damage anyone could remember. Other areas of the state were inundated with record... Continue Reading →
The Square Is Empty. The Method Is Not.
I am writing this from an American Perspective: Why now is the moment to carry Cardijn’s vision beyond the walls of YCW and YCS. On the morning of 25 August 1957, thirty-two thousand young workers filled the piazza in front of St Peter's. They came from mines and mills, shop counters and shipyards, from Belgium, Brazil,... Continue Reading →
“Gun Thy Neighbor:” Merton, Fear, and the Peace We Refuse to Practice
In August 1961, Time magazine ran a brief piece on religion with a headline that could have permeated through our culture, but instead faded away: “Gun Thy Neighbor?” This unfolded during the backyard fallout shelter craze. Berlin was in crisis, the Soviets were preparing for new atmospheric tests, and American families were digging shelters into their lawns. Time quoted... Continue Reading →
The Mall That Was Supposed to Be a Town
Gruen, Merton, and a Third Way Between Socialism and Capitalism Using See-Judge-Act An October Morning in Edina On 8 October 1956, crowds flocked to a Minneapolis suburb to witness a marvel: Southdale Center, the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall. Step inside, and it was always a perfect seventy-two degrees, unaffected by the wildest Minnesota... Continue Reading →
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