Category Archives: justice
words are too sticky: capitalism and acts 2
That is, there seems to be a sore lack of words that mean only one specific narrowly defined thing. Take, for example, the word capitalist. I consider myself a super-hardcore capitalist, but I often fail to mention that I am using capitalist in a very narrow sense. I mean capitalist in the governmental sense: someone [...]
Also posted in bible, culture, economics, history, language, passage interpretation Tagged acts 2, capitalism, orwell 1 Comment
land of the free?
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You’ve heard it before, I’m certain. It’s the pledge of allegiance, and by saying it the pledger promises his loyalty to a God-following Republic [...]
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Roman Skasiw on Bribes, etc.
Roman Skasiw, whose internet existence I had not discovered until today, is a bold new convert to the Austrian School, and he has wasted no time in thrusting himself headlong into the great onoging discussion that is austro-libertarianism. Related Posts:A Practical Program of Disenfranchisement: A 10-Step Plan to Save American Democracy by Dismantling ItOn the [...]
john mark hicks on unjust wages
John Mark Hicks has the following to say on being “pro-life”: Last Tuesday, many within Churches of Christ voted for Obama, especially those who have come to see that voting for social justice is just as important as voting against abortion–both are pro-life orientations. Deuteronomy, for example, is just as concerned about just wages, fair [...]
Also posted in passage interpretation Tagged abortion, churches of christ, john mark hicks, low wages, murder, obama, voting 4 Comments
a report from palestine
A friend of mine, named Jonathan Brenneman, is a Mennonite working for a peaceful solution (very Mennonite of him, no?) to Jewish-Arab conflict in Israel/Palestine. He’s got a personal stake in this because his mother’s side of the family is Palestinian. So with no further ado, here’s a report on his work in the Middle [...]
the mixed blessing of the taser
To tell the truth, I was first overjoyed back when I was a little kid and I first heard about police departments using tasers. I pictured life-threatening standoffs being swiftly ended by means of a non-harmful electrical device. Then the bad guys could be carted off to court and the justice system rather than the [...]
social justice in the book of amos
Lately myself and Joel have been talking a bit (here and here) through the issues of economic justice, and whether good economic policies are more socialist or capitalist. Needless to say, I fall more on the capitalistic end of the spectrum, while Joel is more socialistic in his views. In order to give the Bible [...]
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