Though we cannot create an absolutely safe world, we can create a safer world.
Social Justice
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Living with Dan Berrigan
Living in the same Jesuit community as Dan Berrigan–what a privilege to share meals and conversation with this great man an icon of the anti-war movement who was willing to spend time behind bars to assert his opposition to war-related violence and in fact all forms of violence including abortio
Posted inPolitics & Society
Lessons in Mercy: Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
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Doctor to the Poor
My take-home message from this review is similar to the line I wrote on my book reports in elementary school: I would recommend this book to all my friends. It is a rare experience for me to find a book that sets me on fire, stirs me up and makes me think critically about my […]
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Crusader for a better society
Maurice Isserman the William R Kenan Jr Professor of History at Hamilton College in Clinton N Y has a well-earned reputation as a leading historian of the American political left His specialty has led him to explore the life of the socialist activist Michael Harrington (1928-89).
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The 10 Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching
From the archives: Highlights from a 1998 U.S. bishops’ document on “an essential part of the Catholic faith.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
Dr. Paul Farmer: Medicine and liberation theology
How would a health intervention inspired by liberation theology be different from those with more conventional underpinnings?
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10 reasons to oppose the death penalty
Even the guilty have a right to life, but that is not the only reason to stand against capital punishment.