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Adam Harrison Levy, "Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs," from Design Observer (Nov. 10, 2008)
The story of a mysterious cache of photographs taken of Hiroshima after the detonation of the atomic bomb, which resurfaced in Massachusetts decades later. Some remarkable images.
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Speech by Abbie Hoffman, taped by photojournalist Charles Harbutt
I can't find a date on this thing, but it's really fascinating. Lots of cussing.
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Lawrence LeShan, "Why We Love War: And what we can do to prevent it anyway," as published in the Utne Reader (Jan./Feb., 2003)
Editor's introduction: "Portraying humans as basically hating war might actually hinder the important work of deterring it, suggests research psychologist Lawrence LeShan. New psychological studies explain what history has long shown to be true—that war holds a deep attraction for large numbers of people in most cultures around the world. In accepting and understanding this hard truth, we may be better equipped to bring peace on earth. A timely new edition of his book The Psychology of War arrived last fall, just as the White House began beating the drums—and much of the American public eagerly fell in line—for a new war." Adapted from LeShan's The Psychology of War: Comprehending its Mystique and Madness, published in spring 2003. Webcite: http://www.webcitation.org/5cARUYfIL
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W.F. Marion, "Sketch of a Phenomenological Concept of Sacrifice," via the Religion and Culture Web Forum at the Martin Marty Center, U. of Chicago Divinity School
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Stephen Healey, "Fighting words (review of Bruce Lincoln, Holy Terrors)," Christian Century (May 21, 2003)
Webcite link: http://www.webcitation.org/5bwESLQNr
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Nicholas Kristof, "The Endorsement From Hell (op-ed)," New York Times (Oct. 25, 2008), on al-Qaeda's "endorsement" of McCain
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Palin: "I don't know if you'd use the word 'terrorist'" for abortion-clinic bombers
Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin on the NBC Nightly News, Oct. 23, 2008. There's a lot in this interview, but I'm clipping it mainly because of what it shows about the slipperiness of the term "terrorist" in modern-day political speech. A lot of critics have jumped on Palin for saying that she wasn't "sure" if the word "terrorist" would be appropriate for abortion-clinic bombers. To be fair, the quotation has often been taken out of context. She is pretty clear in condemning such bombings, even if she's uncomfortable with labelling them "terrorism." (However, the deeper point is that she seems to have a special category of violent criminal for whom she considers the word "terrorist" to be appropriate, and apparently Bill Ayers is the only person who fits in that category, as far as I can tell.) Presumably Palin associates the idea of "terrorism" with a kind of anti-American ideology, whatever that might mean, and isn't sure whether abortion-clinic bombers truly fall into that group. Just guessing, though. Discovered via joneilortiz's Friendfeed stream.
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Web site tied to al-Qaida backs McCain - Terrorism- msnbc.com
An odd little tidbit.
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Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Gorssman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008)
This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace and justice for Palestinians, a strong and unapologetic sense of Israel's Jewish, Zionist, and historical distrinctiveness, and a genuinely poetic sensibility. His son Uri, a tank commander, was killed in the summer-before-last's fighting in Lebanon. Themes of the interview overlap strikingly with Appleby's work, I think.
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Army Private Subjected to Anti-Semitic Attacks Brutally Beaten By Soldiers
PVT Michael Handman, 20, claims to have been the victim of intense anti-Semitic harrassment (being called "kike" and "fucking Jew," being forced to remove his kippot), and then subsequently being beaten to the point of requiring hospitalization. Mikey Weinstein's Military Religious Freedom Foundation is now looking into the case.
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Exodus 33.7-11, 17-23: Moses's relations with God
These passages describe Moses's encounters with God in the Tent of Meeting and his thwarted desire to look YHWH in the face.
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Police: No evidence of hate crime at local mosque
A ten-year-old girl who was standing insode a basement community room at a Dayton mosque was sprayed wtih an aerosol by two men standing outside an open window. Police say there is no evidence that the attack was motivated by bias since the attackers did not speak. Seen on Cee Bee's Friendfeed stream.
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THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem along with other local Christian leaders expresses its opposition to the mostly-American phenomenon of Christian Zionism.
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David Kupfer and Edward Tick, "Like Wandering Ghosts: Edward Tick On How The U.S. Fails Its Returning Soldiers," The Sun Magazine 390 (June 2008)
Edward Tick is the author of "War and the Soul." Archived at webcite: http://www.webcitation.org/5b9I5YN5E
in list: RELS327 links (Rein, Fall 2008)
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Links to current writings by Mark Juergensmeyer, from his personal website
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Interview with R. Scott Appleby, from BeyondIntractability.org (2005)
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SPLCenter.org: 'Arming' for Armageddon (report on "Joel's Army")
A end times organization spun off from a "hyper-charismatic" wing of the Assemblies of God that sees itself as an eschatological army in the making. Pretty intense. Seen on @melmcbride 's Friendfeed stream.
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The ElijahList - Prophetic Words and Prophecies
A website for "endtime overcomer" types across the board. Discovered via a Southern Poverty Law Center article on Joel's Army (http://snipr.com/3sk2l). Haven't explored it much yet.
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