By Ched Myers A chapter in: The New Testament: Introducing the Way of Discipleship, edited by Sharon Ringe and Wes Howard Brook. Orbis Books. 19 pp. The great Hebrew prophet Isaiah envisioned a day in which Israel’s God would “destroy on this mountain the net that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is…
By Ched Myers A chapter in The Other Side of Sin: Woundedness from the Perspective of the Sinned-Against, edited by Susan Nelson and Andrew Sung Park, SUNY Press, pp 77-108. 23 pp. “The vocabulary of Christian faith suffers from misunderstanding at every turn, but no one term is as badly understood in both society and…
By Ched Myers With Matthew Colwell. Published on Journey into Freedom website. 15 pp. A recent PBS series introduced a new term into our popular lexicon: “Affluenza.” This “virus” is indeed widespread in North American society, easily contracted in a consumer environment that celebrates excess and attributes magical powers to products. Unfortunately, our churches and…
By Ched Myers The Witness, July-August, 1996, 2 pp. Most of us in the U.S. suffer from a profound alienation from history. In our imperial culture, inconvenient historical narratives have tended to be silenced while legitmating narratives have been mystified. We live with a peculiarly unaccountable, if not amnesiac, relationship toward the past. Whether we…
by Ched Myers with Marie Dennis, Joseph Nangle, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda and Stuart Taylor: $25.00. Email BCM to PURCHASE A popular version of Ched’s “Binding the Strong Man” combined with reflections on the contemporary relevance of Mark’s text to today’s context. Ideal for study groups. Paper, 240pp, bibliography & appendices. Orbis Books.
By Ched Myers (Orbis, 1994). 2 pp. For too long, serious and critical Bible study in the First World has been equated almost exclusively with academic study of the Bible. This is not because ordinary people – particularly those identified with churches or synagogues –are incapable of reading the Bible seriously. Rather it is due…
By Ched Myers Sojourners, Oct, 1989. [Reprinted in Pilgrims and Seekers: Sainst Without Pedestals. Eerie: Pax Christi, 1995.] 2 pp. Sometimes the advent of death is like a thief in the night, too. Though we are surrounded by its presence daily, on the mean streets of our cities and in the countryside of the imperial…
Daniel Berrigan’s foreword to the original 1988 publication of Binding the Strong Man. Full article: Foreword to BTSM by Daniel Berrigan SKU: 88-1-F
by Ched Myers $30.00 Email BCM to purchase This full-length commentary on Mark’s Gospel uses a socio-literary method to explore Jesus’ nonviolent engagement with the Powers of first century Roman Palestine, and the implications of this narrative for contemporary practices of radical discipleship, Considered a classic in the field, the anniversary edition has a new…