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The following is the manuscript of a speech I will give around 2:00 pm this afternoon during a war protest at Oklahoma City University commemorating the 5th ‘anniversary’ of the US occupation of Iraq.

Five years ago, riding the emotions of 9/11, ‘we the people’ collectively gave our government the benefit of a doubt. We [...] Read more »

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A few weeks ago I posted a link to a Hauerwas lecture on the end of religious pluralism. Well, I found another one.  I haven’t listened to it yet, but here is a lecture given at University of Illinois-Urbana entitled, “Sacrificing the Sacrifices of War.”  Again, I haven’t listened to it, so I can’t vouch for how good it may or may not be. This guy said [...] Read more »

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Here is a link to the audio and video of Stanley Hauerwas giving a lecture at Boston College on his position against religious pluralism. Interesting lecture. He approaches it from a different angle that I haven’t ever heard before, at least not in the way he articulates it. I’m not sure I [...] Read more »

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As is the case with any historical figure, Jesus cannot be understood outside the context in which he lived. The socio-political climate of Jesus’ world is extremely important because our current situation strongly resembles that of first century Palestine—history does indeed repeat itself. Jesus of Nazareth was born under, lived within and was eventually [...] Read more »

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The following will be the prologue to my senior paper.
 
Prologue
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
-President Dwight D.Eisenhower in his
farewell address given January 17 1961.
I still remember [...] Read more »

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