Political Theology and Nonviolence: Three Significant North American Contributers
by Ched Myers Edited version of a section in the forthcoming Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology, edited by W. Cavanaugh and C. Hovey. 4 pp. Note: Twenty years ago I argued that the Cross of the nonviolent Jesus, who lived and died resisting empire and renewing Israel’s alternative social vision, represented a “stumbling block”…
Ambassadors in Chains: Ephesians 2-3 and M.L. King’s Letter from Birmingham City Jail
by Ched Myers With Elaine Enns. The Bechtel Lectures, March 26, 2009, Conrad Grebel University College. Published in The Conrad Grebel Review (27:2) Fall, pp 4-27. 21 pp. One of the central questions that faces Anabaptist identity in every generation is: “What does it mean today to be a Peace Church?” In this year’s Bechtel…
It’s the End of the World as We Know It… Resistance and Discipleship: Reflections on Exodus 1-2 and Mark 14
by Ched Myers A talk given to the Kairos Canada Gathering, June, 2009. 14 pp. I commend the Kairos planning team for choosing such a bold theme. Apocalyptic imagination is the great step-child of western culture, especially since the Age of Reason colonized our minds and hearts. Apocalyptic literature’s wild, visionary, almost shamanistic symbolism is…
If a Bible Story Could Stop a Culture War: A Reflection on John 8, Proposition 8, and the Politics of Affirmation
by Ched Myers A sermon given at St. Andrew’s College, Saskatoon, in March 2004. 6 pp. I suppose I could keep my sermon on this occasion short and to the point. As in: Congratulations. It’s about time. Now let’s get on with the work of living into what the moniker of “Affirming Ministry” really means…
Binding the Strong Man: Front Matter to 20th anniversary edition
Foreword by Obery Hendricks, New Preface by Ched Myers and Introduction by Sam Wells Orbis Books. 40 pp. Everyone can point to an event that has changed their lives forever. Encountering Binding the Strong Man was such an event for me. It caused a seismic shift in my thinking and forever changed the direction of…
Jesus and the Prophetic Vision of Shalom
by Ched Myers Published in: Leitfaden für ein künftiges Engagement für gerechten, levensförderlichen Frieden—Optionen zur Umstezung der Beschlusse von Freising und Porto Alegre, edited by Ulrich Duchrow and Martin Gück, Kairos Europa, 2008. 4 pp. The modern Western church’s functional ideas of “peace” have wandered far a field of the biblical meaning of shalom in…
“Matthew’s Gospel between Seminary, Sanctuary & Streets”
Jan 2008 Bartimaeus Institute Focusing on texts from the Year A lectionary, we will look at the relationship between theological education and social justice. In honor of the M.L. King holiday, we’ll also reflect on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of our greatest American prophet.