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Christianity and Anarchism Conference, New York City, June 21, 2003Anonymous Comrade submits: "Powers, Principalities and the Church:
June 21, 2003 New York City 15th Street and Rutherford Place (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) Contact: This world and our churches are broken and wounded by powers that seek to break our communities into fragments, dominate and reach into the core of humanity and destroy us. In it's first conference, jesusradicals hopes to respond to the challenge of remaining one body in the face of the obstacles society presents us.Through lectures, discussions and table fellowship (eating together) we will explore what resources we have to become a people able to build a social body capable of not only resisting the powers, but also capable of being a rival, distinct social body that invites everyone to join with us. Special attention will be given to these themes: (1) naming the powers and principalities that are subverting our church and enslaving society; (2) finding ways to confront these powers and break their strength.
The following is a list of the confirmed speakers and discussions:
Registration: 9:00-9:30 am
1st Discussion (9:30 am): Scripture and Anarchism: The Myths That Bind or Blind Us. (Andy Baker) This session will deal with one power, the nation-state, and the myths that it uses to legitimate itself, focusing on the use of Scripture to legitimate this power and principality.
2nd Discussion (11:00 am): Workable Alternatives to Capitalism and the Nation-State. (Wayne Price of the Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists) This session will discuss the negative image people hold about anarchism. There will be a focus on workable alternatives to capitalism and the state, such as cooperatives and mediation.
Lunch: 12:30-2:00 @ Menno House
3rd discussion (2:00 pm): Restorative Justice vs. Retribution. (Fred Boehrer, PhD Syracuse Catholic Worker, and Dennis Sullivan, PhD author and professor of Criminal Justice at SUNY ? Albany, NY). This session will focus on working to build restorative community rather than retribution.
4th Discussion (3:30 pm): Christian Social Body as Rival to the Nation-State. (Pete Mommsen.) Pete Mommsen will discuss converegence of anarchism and Christianity in the common vision of humanity living together communally, sharing work, resources and fellowship without coercion or domination. The presentation will focus on these themes, and on the question: "How can we make this vision a reality today?". The thinkers Pete will draw from are the Blumhardts, Eberhard Arnold, and Gustav Landauer.
(all are invited to worship with Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship, the next day (Sunday June 22, 2003) at 5 pm at the Meeting house where Rob Burns, student at Westminster Theological Seminary, will help us explore these themes through our worship)
For more information visit register. (Registration is needed so we can provide adequate lunch for everyone.) |
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