Joy in a Climate of Injustice
What is joy in a climate of injustice? How should we think about Kamala Harris’s politics of joy? First, it is a radical contrast from...
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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 10, 2023
Our Shared, but Not Common Humanity
Central to the development of a climate of Justice is the discernment that we are all equal in different ways. In a sense, only when we...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 27, 2023
Why do we exist?
Perhaps it was an accident. Evolution simply did not know when to stop. The planet appears to have been fine without us. There were...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jun 14, 2022
Guns, Dignity, and the Climate of Fear
If we start with my basic premise that our colonial beginnings created a climate of injustice that has never been adequately corrected,...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 31, 2022
Human Dignity and the Catholic Justices
It’s becoming clearer than ever that allowing God to enter the civic realm is causing a lot of trouble. The separation of church and...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 19, 2022
Putin’s Humanity
When people commit crimes against humanity, do they lose their own humanity? The notion of “Our Humanity” played a central role in A...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 23, 2021
To be Born or Created
We won’t change our social climate to a climate of justice without changing our language. Words matter. If you question that, what would...
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Marvin T. Brown
Dec 22, 2020
The Glory and the Story
The “glory,” of course, is a baby’s birth. In her book The Human Condition, (1958) the philosopher Hannah Arendt defines human birth or...
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 22, 2020
The Problem with Fallen Angels
If you are a true believer, or maybe even a person with a lively imagination, it’s not that hard to think that the fires, floods, and...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 21, 2020
Earth Day 2020 and the Coronavirus
In Richard Powers’ novel, The Overstory, the character, Patricia, standing in front of a grove of trees, expresses her gratitude for the...
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