March 6, 2015

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06 Mar 2015

Spirituality of Penal Abolition

WN: Ruth Morris, Canadian Quaker who won numerous humanitarian awards, invited me to present this paper at ICOPA IX in 2000. ICOPA stands for: International Conference on Penal Abolition. It was the ninth conference, held in Toronto, where the first such conference, then on "Prison Abolition", was held, also organized by Ruth. The paper was prepared for a book of readings from the conference, one that never happened. Ruth was a dear friend who died…
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06 Mar 2015

Paul and Christian Social Responsibility

Paul and Christian Social Responsibility WN: New Testament scholar Chris Marshall first published this piece in 2000. This, read conjointly with Pamela Eisenbaum's previous piece on this site, points to my belief that other than Jesus, Paul was the most radical social reformer the world has ever seen! He was decidedly not: - misogynist - anti-semitic - perverse founder of a new faith called "Christianity" over against Judaism - socially status quo He was quite…
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06 Mar 2015

IS PAUL THE FATHER OF MISOGYNY AND ANTISEMITISM?

This paper answers in the negative the question posed in the title. It was written by Pamela Eisenbaum, Pauline scholar, practising Jew, feminist, and professor at a Christian seminary. She subsequently wrote Paul was not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle. I delivered a sermon inspired by her, entitled "Paul the Radical". An excerpt: I have a passionate interest in the apostle Paul. Many people think this passion is unusual because I…

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