Jaroslav Pelikan: Magister Ludi of Christian Castalia – with Ron Dart
Magister Ludi – “Master of the Game” (Latin) Castalia – “Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.” Ron S. Dart (UFV) uses the imagery of Hermann Hesse‘s The Glass Bead Game to reflect on the career and works of Jaroslav Pelikan (1923-2006).
America’s Iran Hysteria
The Irrationality of Iran Vilification By Danny Sjursen Posted by Danny Sjursen at 7:46am, May 30, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: It is now almost in every geopolitical instance a truism that if the United States says “black” the reality is the inverse – or significantly other. Such is the case in the article highlighted below. America’s view […]
Indigenous Alliance Launches Divestment Campaign Against US and Canadian Pipelines
Thursday, May 25, 2017 By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, Truthout | Report photo above: Indigenous activists march with allies in the Tar Sands Healing Walk in northern Alberta, Canada. (Photo: Velcrow Ripper) The struggle is interminable – and sometimes what to do intangible. What is suggested here and below is hopeful and doable. an excerpt: Earlier this month, the Treaty […]
ANCIENT PRACTICES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
7th International CURE Conference on Human Rights & Prison Reform April 25-29, Alajuela San Jose, Costa Rica by Bruno van der Maat WN: It was great having spent time at the Conference with Bruno van der Maat, Senior Professor, Director of Master Studies, Universidad Católica de Santa María Graduate School, Arequipa, Peru. He is a very gentle, thoughtful […]
“Born Again” in Deir Nidham: Against the Illegal Military Occupation, from a Black-American Prophetic Christian Perspective Jadaliyya
by Taurean J. Webb (a FOSNA Board member) Tactics of Racial Supremacy photo above: A checkpoint in the Israeli Barrier in the West Bank, near Abu Dis. Photo taken by Justin McIntosh, uploaded via Wikimedia Commons an excerpt: There is a voice emerging from the prophetic Black Christian faith tradition, called to speak directly against the […]
Hermann Hesse and Thomas Merton: Countercultural Affinities
WN: This is a fascinating article that brings together Hermann Hesse and Thomas Merton, likely the two most countercultural influencers of the 20th century in the West. Of course both were responsive in their various ways to the supreme countercultural call in the West: Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s […]
‘Death row nun’ explains why she does it
Sister Prejean tells prisoners they’re worth more than their crimes By Agnieszka Krawczynski of The B.C. Catholic Wednesday, 10 May 2017 11:56p photo above: Sister Helen Prejean meets Joel Ivany, the director of the Vancouver Opera’s performance of Dead Man Walking, in Vancouver April 29. (Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic) WN: Canada abolished the death […]
Help Build a Strong Canadian Anti-Poverty Plan
Consultations to inform the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS) have begun! For the first time, the federal government is now ready to develop a national poverty reduction strategy. Make sure your voice is heard! Sign our Dignity for All form! On February 13th, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jean-Yves Duclos, launched consultations for the CPRS. The government […]
The Complete Censored ESCWA Report: “Israel Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid”
By Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley Global Research, March 19, 2017 The brutal decades-long dispossession of the Palestinian people is a towering injustice in the name of Empire. See for instance these resources. See in particular Mitri Raheb: Faith in the Face of Empire. The ESCWA Report removed from the United Nations website is further trampling of Palestinian […]
It’s Time for our Prime Minister to Commemorate Nakba Day
May 15, 2017 in the Huffington Post Blog Tyler Levitan, Campaigns Coordinator for Independent Jewish Voices Canada WN: Sadly, Justin Trudeau is a repeated disgrace: regarding women; oil/climate change; Palestine/Israel – and the list gets longer… ********* Editor: Our readers will be interested in this [already happened] free webinar organized by Independent Jewish Voices Canada on May […]
Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works
Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Compiled by Wayne Northey WN: Today, I updated a bibliography, especially weighted towards theological and generally academic works, that I have appreciated. Compilation of this list began decades ago. I think most are still discoverable, the links current. It is copied below, and there is a link to […]