Subverting the rhetoric of American empire

Brandon Rhodes has written an EXCELLENT article at Jesus Manifesto called “Severing the Rhetorical Roots of the Empire“. In it he lists some quotes, inviting followers of Jesus to creatively rewrite them to displace idolatry and blasphemy with subversive truth, just as Paul and other early Christian authors rhetorically usurped Caesar’s place of privilege and [...]

musing about political terminology and misc.

Too often in our reading of the Bible, we make an easy association between words like “liberty”, “justice”, and other words that have political associations in our time, as well as words with other economic and social implications, and the usages of such words in modern liberalized political discourse. This error is often compounded by [...]

Language, embeddedness, and perspective/normativity

It’s really only recently, within the past couple of years or so, that I have begun really, seriously considering and reflecting on just how embedded I am in a world where white, male, straight, Anglo-European, blue collar middle-class, small town, and education level so define the way I see things, the way I speak of [...]

a brief on the nature and limits of counterculture

Absolution Revolution has moved! You can read this article at http://absolutionrevolution.com/blog/2007/02/23/a-brief-on-the-nature-and-limits-of-counterculture/

some thoughts on truth and religious epistemology

Absolution Revolution has moved! You can read this article at http://absolutionrevolution.com/blog/2007/02/23/some-thoughts-on-truth-and-religious-epistemology/

another article from Brian Walsh and brief comment

Absolution Revolution has moved! You can read this article at http://absolutionrevolution.com/blog/2006/10/13/another-article-from-brian-walsh-and-brief-comment/

a brief on language and domination

Absolution Revolution has moved! You can read this article at http://absolutionrevolution.com/blog/2006/10/03/a-brief-on-language-and-domination/