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December 18, 2011
I was at Duarte Square, Lower Manhattan, this afternoon as retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard, and several other clergy were arrested supporting Occupy Wall Street’s attempt to start a new occupation on land owned by Trinity Church Wall Street. For a video of him talking with protestors in the back of an NYPD paddywagon, click [...]
Categories: Community of Christ, Economics, Peace and Justice, Zion
Tags: Bishop George Packard, Community of Christ, Desmond Tutu, Duarte Square, Michael Elick, NYPD, Occupied Bishop, Occupy Wall Street, Trinity Church Wall Street
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November 18, 2011
…it is incumbent upon the Saints … to be in the world but not of it, … using the things of this world in the manner designed of God, that the places where they occupy may shine as Zion, the redeemed of the Lord. Condensed from Community of Christ Doctrine and Covenants 128:8b, 8c. And Jesus entered the [...]
Categories: Community of Christ, Economics, Peace and Justice, Zion
Tags: Community of Christ, Occupy Wall Street, Social Gospel
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June 2, 2010
‘Zion’ has been a central theological concept and practical imperative of the Community of Christ, since its very beginnings. Particularly in the first half of the 20th century, Zion (not to be confused with Zionism) represented a vision of ‘the kingdom of heaven on earth’ – not to be realized in some far off future, [...]
Categories: church history, Community of Christ, Economics, Outreach International, Peace and Justice, Social Science, Zion
Tags: Community of Christ, global consciousness, globalization, hollowing out, networks, outsourcing, privatization, Social Gospel, Zion
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March 21, 2010
When we are dissatisfied with an organization, said economist Albert O. Hirschman, we have three basic options: 1. Exit: We can leave it, either physically, or by mentally and emotionally disengaging, 2. Voice: We can voice our discontent through protest or dialogue, or 3. Loyalty: We may stick with what we have. This might be [...]
Categories: Community of Christ, Economics, Social Science
Tags: Albert O. Hirschman, Community of Christ, Economics, exit, loyalty, UK General Election, voice
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August 29, 2009
Scholarly study of the Community of Christ has tended to focus on its history and theology. These are clearly important, but there gaps in Community of Christ studies that could be productively filled with reference to insight from the social sciences, like economics, political science, sociology, anthropology and social psychology. In this post, I want [...]
Categories: Community of Christ, Congregations, Economics, Social Science
Tags: Community of Christ, Congregations, Economics, religion, religious institutions, theory of the firm
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