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- Jonathan Sacks’ Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
- Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s Jesus
and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation,
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s The Black Church: This is Our Story,
This is our Song
- Elaine Pagels’s book Revelations: Vision, Prophecy, & Politics
in the Book of Revelation
- Craig R. Koester’s Great Courses video lectures titled Apocalypse:
Controversies and Meaning in Western History
- Peniel Joseph’s book The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
- The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s As Long as Grass Grows:
The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
The links to recordings of some other, earlier discussions are:
June 26, 2022 - “Why the past 10 years of American life have been
uniquely stupid ”, “Is Everything Falling Apart?”, and the
Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade and of New York’s gun law
July 10, 2022 - Potential books for fall and the
TED talk by Yuval Noah Harari called “Bananas in Heaven”
July 17, 2022 - Potential books for fall and the TED talk by Joan C. Williams
“We won’t fix American politics until we talk about class”
July 24, 2022 - Potential books for fall, videos by William Lazonick, and
the TED talk by Yasmin Abdel-Magied about “What Does My Headscarf Mean to You?”
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July 31, 2022 -
The TED talk by Rev. Walter Mwambazi on “ 5 Major Reasons Religion Is the
No. 1 Cause of Poverty in Africa” and our discussion of it
The following videos are all about Jonathan Sacks’s book Morality:
Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.
Introduction:
The next set of videos are from discussions of the book Jesus and John Wayne
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
- 9/18/2022 - Preface and Introduction - David
- 9/11/2022 - Chapter 1, Saddling Up - Bill
- 9/25/2022 - Chapter 2, John Wayne Will Save Your Ass - Caroline
- 10/2/2022 - Chapter 3, God’s Gift To Man - Al
- 10/9/2022 - Chapter 4, Discipline and Command - Mary Jane
- 10/16/2022 - End of Chapter 4, Discipline and Command and David Brook’s essay on
“The Crisis of Men and Boys”- Mary Jane
- 10/23/2022 - Chapter 5, Slaves and Soldiers - Joel
- 10/30/2022 - Chapter 6, Going for the Jugular - Jack
- 11/6/2022 - Chapter 7, The Greatest American Hero - Mary Jane
- 11/6/2022 - Chapter 8, War For the Soul - Mary Jane
- 11/13/2022 - Chapter 9, Tender Warriors, and Chapter 10, No More Christian Nice Guy - Al
- 11/20/2022 - Chapter 11, Holy Balls, and Chapter 12, Pilgrim’s Progress in Camo - Gail
- 11/27/2022 - Thanksgiving Weekend - vacation
- 12/4/2022 - Chapter 13, Why We Want to Kill You, and Chapter 14, Spiritual Badasses - Caroline
- 12/11/2022 - Chapter 15, A New High Priest, and Chapter 16, Evangelical Mulligans: A History - No leader
- 12/18/2022 - Jesus and John Wayne’s Conclusion and selection of our next study subject - No leader
The next set of videos are from discussions of the book The Black Church
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- 1/08/2023 - Begin discussions of The Black Church; This is Our Story, This is our Song
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This session was not recorded.
- 1/15/2023 - Preface, Introduction,
and first two sections of Chapter 1,
- 1/22/2023 - Chapter 1
sections Awakenings & The Medodist Church, Abolition, and
Revolution
- 1/29/2023 - Chapter 2, A Nation within a Nation
and sections Staking Their Claim, and Saving the Souls of Black Folks
- 2/5/2023 - Chapter 2 sections The Word of God,
The Work of God,
The Vote, “God Is a Negro” and Other Revolutionary Thoughts,
The Frenzy and the Holy Spirit .
- 2/12/2023 - The first part of
Chapter 3, God Will Make A Way.
- 2/19/2023 - The second part of
Chapter 3, God Will Make A Way, sections about
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X.
- 2/26/2023 - The first half of
Chapter 4, Crisis of Faith, pages 149 through 177
- 3/5/2023 - The rest of
Chapter 4, Crisis of Faith, pages 149 through 177
- 3/19/2023 - The Epilogue
The next set of videos are from discussions of the book
Revelations:
Vision, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels
- 3/26/2023 - Chapter 1,
John’s Revelation: Challenging the Evil Empire, Rome
- 4/2/2023 - Chapter 2,
Visions of Heaven and Hell: From Ezekiel and John of Patmos to Paul
- 4/16/2023 - Chapter 3,
Other Revelations: Heresy or Illumination
- 4/23/2023 - Chapter 4,
Confronting Persecution: How Jews and Christians Separated Politics from Religion
- 4/30/2023 - Chapter 5,
Constantine’s Conversion: How John’s Revelation Became Part of the Bible
- 5/7/2023 -
Conclusion of Pagels’s book and
Koester’s lecture 6, God, the Lamb, and the Seven Seals
- 5/7/2023 -
Conclusion of Pagels’s book and
Koester’s lecture 7, Seven Trumpets, Temple, and Celebration
The next set of videos are from discussions of the Great Courses video lectures
Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History
by Craig R. Koester.
The next set of videos are from discussions of the book The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
The next set of videos are from discussions of book
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- 10/15/2023 - Preface, by Nikole Hannah-Jones: Joel
- 10/222023 - Chapter 1, Democracy, by Nikole Hannah-Jones - First half: David
- 10/222023 - Chapter 1, Democracy, by Nikole Hannah-Jones - Second half: David
- 11/5/2023 - Chapter 2, Race, by Dorothy Roberts: Al
- 11/12/2023 - Chapter 3, Sugar, by Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Jack
- 11/19/2023 - Chapter 4, Fear, by Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander: Gail
- 11/26/2023 - Thanksgiving Break
- 12/3/2023 - Chapter 5, Dispossession, by Tiya Miles - First half: Caroline
- 12/3/2023 - Chapter 5, Dispossession, by Tiya Miles - Second half: Caroline
- 12/17/2023 - Chapter 6, Capitalism, by Matthew Desmond: Mary Jane
- 12/24/2023 - Christmas Eve holiday
- 12/31/2023 - New Years Eve holiday
- 1/7/2024 - Chapter 7, Politics, by Jamelle Boule: Al
- 1/15/2024 - Chapter 8, Citizenship, by Martha S. Jones: Jack
- 1/22/2024 - Chapter 9, Self-Defense, by Carol Anderson: Gail
- 1/29/2024 - Chapter 10, Punishment, by Bryan Stevenson: Joel
- 2/4/2024 - Chapter 11, Inheritance, by Trymaine Lee: David
- 2/11/2024 - Chapter 12, Medicine, by Linda Villerosa: Mary Jane
- 2/18/2024 - Chapter 13, Church, by Anthea Butler, Part 1: Patsy
- 2/25/2024 - Chapter 13, Church, by Anthea Butler, Part 2: Patsy
- 3/3//2024 - Chapter 14, Music, by Wesley Morris: Caroline
- 3/10/2024 - Daylight Savings Begins - No Class
- 3/17/2024 - Chapter 15, Healthcare, by Jeneen Interlandi: Gail
- 3/24/2024 - Palm Sunday - No Class
- 3/31/2024 - Easter Sunday - No Class
- 4/7/2024 - Chapter 16, Traffic, by Kevin M. Kruse: Jack
- 4/14/2024 - Chapter 17, Progress, by Ibram X. Kendi: Al
- 4/21/2024 - Chapter 18, Justice, Part 1, by Nikole Hannah-Jones: Patsy
- 5/5/2024 - Chapter 18, Justice, Part 2, by Nikole Hannah-Jones: Patsy
The next set of videos are from discussions of book
Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s book As Long as Grass Grows:
The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
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Date
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Chapter
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Pages
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Title
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Leader
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May 26, 2024
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Introduction
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1-17
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The Standing Rock Saga (Click here for video)
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Mary Jane
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June 2, 2024
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Chapter 1
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15-33
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Environmental Justice Theory and Its Limitations
for Indigenous Peoples (Click here for video)
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Al
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June 9, 2024
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Chapter 2
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35-52
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Gemocide by Any Other Name (Click here for video)
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David
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June 16, 2024
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Chapter 3
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53-72
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The Complicated Legacy of Western Expansion
and the Industrial Revolution (No video available)
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Jack
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June 23, 2024
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Chapter 4
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73-90
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Food Is Medicine, Water Is Life (Click here for video)
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Gail
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June 30, 2024
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Chapter 6
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111-127
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Hearts Not on the Ground (Click here for video)
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Patsy
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July 7, 2024
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Chapter 5
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91-110
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(No So) Strange Bedfellows (Click here for video)
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Caroline
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Sept 8, 2024
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Chapter 7
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129-145
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Sacred Sites and Environmental Justice (Click here for video)
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David
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Sep 15, 2024
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Chapter 8
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147-162
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Ways Forward for Environmental Justice in Indian Country
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Al
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On 18 May, 2024, we had a special session where Jack told us about
1619: Jamestown and the forging of American Democracy by James Horn.
An interesting discussion followed at the end.
You can see the recording of
our discussions here.
David pointed out that Horn gave a lecture on this topic in 2018 and it can be seen
on-line at the web site of the Virginia Museum of History & uluture.