The etymology of the term radical is from the Latin radix, “root”; if we want to get to the root of anything we must be radical. Radical Discipleship is about nothing more and nothing less than laying bare the roots of the personal and socio-political pathologies of our imperial society and its dead-end history, even as we seek to recover the roots of our deep biblical tradition: namely, the messianic movement of rebellion and restoration, of repentance and renewal, a “Way out of no way” that has been going on since the dawn of resistance to the dusk of empire.
by Ched Myers This essay is part of Radical Christian Voices & Practice, an academic festschrift honoring our friend Dr. Christopher Rowland, a leading historian and theologian of radical Christian movements based in England. My essay looks at how Luke’s story of the so-called “unfaithful steward” is actually about someone who realizes he is caught in a socio-economic system…
By Ched Myers and Matthew Colwell: $25.00 Email BCM to PURCHASE Orbis Books, 228 pp., paperback, with index and bibliography. “The stranger has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the sojourner.” (Job 31:32) The perspective of the immigrant offers fresh eyes for reading the Bible, which in turns offers a…
by Ched Myers Minneapolis: Misseo Dei. Full Article:Â Foreword to Mark Van Steenwyck, That Holy Anarchist: Reflections on Christianity & Anarchism SKU: 12-5-F
by Ched Myers Intotemak/ My Friends (Mennonite Church Canada). Full Article:Â A People Who Remember SKU: 11-5-F
by Ched Myers Ed. by J. Shenk, Harrisonburg, PA: Herald Press. Full Article:Â Introduction to Widening the Circle: Experiments in Christian Discipleship SKU: 11-3-F
Jan 2011 Bartimaeus Institute We explored how Jesus’ passion for social transformation was expressed in his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), and looked at how Christian practitioners of nonviolence have looked to this manifesto ever since. We honored the King Holiday by looking at what 20th century Anabaptism, the anarcho-pacifism of Tolstoyans and Catholic…