Civilian protection

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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