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How Could This Happen?
Is this question like the question of how did the fox get into the chicken coop? If so, then we might focus on the failure of...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 12
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The Protection of Civilians
A dominant theme of The Climate of Justice is that developing a social climate of justice requires the protection of civilians. Since...

Marvin T. Brown
Oct 24, 2023
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The Rule of Law vs the Law of Rule
The Supreme Court’s draft statement on abortion clarifies an issue I thought a lot about when writing A Climate of Justice : “Can...

Marvin T. Brown
May 10, 2022
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The War Against Contemporary and Future Civilians
As I wrote and rewrote A Climate of Justice, my view of civilians kept changing. I thought I had a clear notion when the book was...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 30, 2022
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Jeremiah in Ukraine
Jeremiah has been my favorite prophet since my graduate studies at Union Theological Seminary. I think I was influenced more by Abraham...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 16, 2022
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Ukrainian Resistance and American Memories
What does watching the pain and resistance of Ukrainian civilians trigger for you? What do you remember? American memory, of course, is...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 1, 2022
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A Civilian’s Conditions
Much of A Climate of Justice is about civilians. I learned about the significance of civilians in thinking about creating a climate of...

Marvin T. Brown
Feb 17, 2022
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Thinking like a Civilian
All of us are civilians most of the time, but many of us rarely think like one. If we are to save the planet, we had better get on board....

Marvin T. Brown
Feb 9, 2021
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Afropessimism and White masters
We all know that people read books from their own perspective, but with Frank B. Wilderson III’s book, Afropessimism, I am fully aware of...

Marvin T. Brown
May 18, 2020
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Who will protect us?
All human communities have to do three things: provide for one another, protect one another, and find social meaning. If a community does...

Marvin T. Brown
Mar 3, 2020
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The Climate of Justice and the Protection of Civilians
As you would imagine, in a climate of justice civilians are protected; protected by citizens who enforce the rule of law. When one...

Marvin T. Brown
Feb 12, 2020
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