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...
top of page
Purchase or download a free copy of
A Climate of Justice by clicking here
Search
Marvin T. Brown
Nov 29, 2023
A Conceivable Letter to House Representative Mike Johnson
Dear Mr. Johnson, People like me and people like you don’t often talk with each other, so I thought I would write a letter to propose...
43 views0 comments
Marvin T. Brown
May 8, 2023
The Civic and The Christian Imagination
Some may imagine the civic as a space for doing good, which is fine if it doesn’t deny social estrangements. Once we include social...
46 views0 comments
Marvin T. Brown
Aug 25, 2022
An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism
Reading the books, Settler Memory by Kevin Bruyneel and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, has led me to reflect again on the...
88 views1 comment
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...
79 views1 comment
Marvin T. Brown
May 10, 2022
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...
64 views0 comments
Marvin T. Brown
Jan 18, 2022
Writing While White
It’s true that my book, A Climate of Justice, was written by a white man. Is that significant? Some white men, of course, might not see...
116 views0 comments
Marvin T. Brown
Nov 3, 2021
A Framework for Our Thinking
It seems much more complicated to get out of the mess we are in than it was to get in it. You can change the game of basketball a bit,...
71 views0 comments
Marvin T. Brown
May 4, 2020
The Public and the Social
The epidemic continues to challenge our thinking and feelings about our understanding of ourselves. Sickness and death, of course, are...
38 views0 comments
Marvin T. Brown
Mar 26, 2020
What part of corporations do you want to stimulate?
The most controversial aspect of the Congressional stimulus package evolves around its “help” to corporations. As I understand it, the...
25 views0 comments
Marvin T Brown's Posts
bottom of page