The Sacred and the Solemn
Both the sacred and the solemn elicit reverence, a reverence for something other than our selves. Both invite us to be reverent, but...
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Marvin T. Brown
- May 9
The Principle of Coherence and Conflicting Memories
In a liberal household and even in a liberal society, we tend to let each other keep their memories, even when we disagree. Most of us...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Apr 23
The Taking of America
Is the United States in or of America? Maybe a strange question, but perhaps one that can shed some light on our climate of injustice...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Mar 12
Christian Zionism and American “Civil Religion”
It could be that our government continues to ship bombs to Israel because we, like Israel, are a settler nation. In different ways...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Mar 15, 2023
Is America a Nation without a Country?
The highly regarded writer and activist, Wendell Berry, thinks so. In his latest book, The Need to be Whole: Patriotism and the History...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Feb 22, 2023
America’s Soul and The Climate of Injustice
When Joe Biden spoke of saving “America’s soul” on the campaign trail, I hoped it was a temporary lapse, but it seems I was wrong. He...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Oct 3, 2022
It’s Story Time
As we approach the mid-terms, more than one commentator has framed the key question as “who controls the narrative.” One might think that...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Sep 14, 2022
If Truth Be Told
If truth be told, we would eat a slice of humble pie, walk softly on the Earth, and give thanks for its gifts. If truth be told, our zip...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jul 26, 2022
The White Dream of Safety
Like everyone else, white people dream of safety. The desire for safety, in fact, may be as strong if not stronger than other primal...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jul 4, 2022
Whose History is Upon Us?
Whose history is upon us? Right now, the history of white America seems to have gained control of the Supreme Court and much of public...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Apr 26, 2022
Listening to Reinhold Niebuhr
A 1966 photo of my class’s meeting with Reinhold Niebuhr at Union Theological Seminary when I was a student in Beverly Wildung Harrison’s...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Mar 1, 2022
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Nov 17, 2021
How Should We Share the Crop?
Sharecropping has a bad reputation not because it’s a bad idea, but because it was not protected from exploitation. In fact, it’s a good...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Sep 14, 2021
The American Legacy of Reproduction
To understand the motives for the expansion of State control over women in Texas and elsewhere, it may help to see how the legacy of...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jul 27, 2021
Critical Race Theory and Coherence
The challenge of Critical Race Theory is not so much about canceling culture but rather about deciding what we should emphasize in...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jun 18, 2021
The Abolition of the Master Class
Juneteenth is now a national holiday: a day to celebrate the freeing of enslaved Africans. What has not been announced is what this means...
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Marvin T. Brown
- May 4, 2021
The American Tragedy
There are different kinds of tragedy, but the American one follows a rather typical pattern. Unknown or denied past events cause one’s...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jan 27, 2021
Better or Different
If something is going in the wrong direction, the worst thing you can do is to “make it better.” Ok, “Build Back Better” Is better than...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Jan 11, 2021
Our choice: Unity or Justice
The essential contribution of African Americans in the election of Joe Biden and in the election of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff...
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Marvin T. Brown
- Nov 17, 2020
71 Million and National Unity
We elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. That’s majority rule! Yet, seventy-one millions of us voted for a racist predator who has...
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