Nsyght - Last Bookmarks tagged with "violence" http://nsyght.com/rss/tag/violence Nsyght is a search engine powered by you, your bookmarks, and your friends. en-us 50 Abbie Hoffman, Yippie workshop speech, Lincoln Park, Chicago, August 27, 1968 | Wikisource An amazing piece of guerilla media criticism. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:29 GMT http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Yippie_Workshop_Speech http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Yippie_Workshop_Speech Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown A 1981 NPR documentary on the Jonestown, Guyana mass murder-suicide. The thirty-year anniversary of this event was yesterday (it happened November 18, 1978).<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:29 GMT http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/jonestown.html http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/jonestown.html Former temple followers move on, 30 years after Jonestown - USATODAY.com Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:29 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-15-jonestown-massacre_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-15-jonestown-massacre_N.htm 'Playing Gods' satirizes religious violence - USATODAY.com "The world's first satirical board game of religious warfare." What a bizarre notion.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:29 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-17-playing-gods-game_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-17-playing-gods-game_N.htm Speech by Abbie Hoffman, taped by photojournalist Charles Harbutt I can't find a date on this thing, but it's really fascinating. Lots of cussing. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:29 GMT http://actualityinc.com/abbie.html http://actualityinc.com/abbie.html Adam Harrison Levy, "Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs," from Design Observer (Nov. 10, 2008) The story of a mysterious cache of photographs taken of Hiroshima after the detonation of the atomic bomb, which resurfaced in Massachusetts decades later. Some remarkable images. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.designobserver.com%2Farchives%2Fentry.html%3Fid%3D38841<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:29 GMT http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38841 http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38841 Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service for death threats against Barack Obama - Telegraph The Secret Service reports a spike in death threats to the Obama family corresponding with Palin's incendiary rhetoric attacking Obama's patriotism in her speeches.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:28 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html Genital retraction syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A little background information on the "penis snatchers" of Congo and elsewhere. From the article: "Medical response generally consists of informing patients that the genitals anatomically cannot retract or shrink in the manner typically feared." Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPenis_panic<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:28 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_panic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_panic W.F. Marion, "Sketch of a Phenomenological Concept of Sacrifice," via the Religion and Culture Web Forum at the Martin Marty Center, U. of Chicago Divinity School Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:28 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/7784623/Nov-08-WF-Marion-on-Sacrifice http://www.scribd.com/doc/7784623/Nov-08-WF-Marion-on-Sacrifice Lawrence LeShan, "Why We Love War: And what we can do to prevent it anyway," as published in the Utne Reader (Jan./Feb., 2003) Editor's introduction: "Portraying humans as basically hating war might actually hinder the important work of deterring it, suggests research psychologist Lawrence LeShan. New psychological studies explain what history has long shown to be true—that war holds a deep attraction for large numbers of people in most cultures around the world. In accepting and understanding this hard truth, we may be better equipped to bring peace on earth. A timely new edition of his book The Psychology of War arrived last fall, just as the White House began beating the drums—and much of the American public eagerly fell in line—for a new war." Adapted from LeShan's The Psychology of War: Comprehending its Mystique and Madness, published in spring 2003. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:27 GMT http://www.utne.com/2003-01-01/why-we-love-war.aspx http://www.utne.com/2003-01-01/why-we-love-war.aspx Stephen Healey, "Fighting words (review of Bruce Lincoln, Holy Terrors)," Christian Century (May 21, 2003) Webcite link: http://www.webcitation.org/5bwESLQNr<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:27 GMT http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_/ai_102750119 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_/ai_102750119 Nicholas Kristof, "The Endorsement From Hell (op-ed)," New York Times (Oct. 25, 2008), on al-Qaeda's "endorsement" of McCain Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:26 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html Palin: "I don't know if you'd use the word 'terrorist'" for abortion-clinic bombers Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin on the NBC Nightly News, Oct. 23, 2008. There's a lot in this interview, but I'm clipping it mainly because of what it shows about the slipperiness of the term "terrorist" in modern-day political speech. A lot of critics have jumped on Palin for saying that she wasn't "sure" if the word "terrorist" would be appropriate for abortion-clinic bombers. To be fair, the quotation has often been taken out of context. She is pretty clear in condemning such bombings, even if she's uncomfortable with labelling them "terrorism." (However, the deeper point is that she seems to have a special category of violent criminal for whom she considers the word "terrorist" to be appropriate, and apparently Bill Ayers is the only person who fits in that category, as far as I can tell.) Presumably Palin associates the idea of "terrorism" with a kind of anti-American ideology, whatever that might mean, and isn't sure whether abortion-clinic bombers truly fall into that group. Just guessing, though. Discovered via joneilortiz's Friendfeed stream. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:26 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5SA7Hks9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5SA7Hks9s Web site tied to al-Qaida backs McCain - Terrorism- msnbc.com An odd little tidbit. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:26 GMT http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27316167 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27316167 Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Gorssman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008) This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace and justice for Palestinians, a strong and unapologetic sense of Israel's Jewish, Zionist, and historical distrinctiveness, and a genuinely poetic sensibility. His son Uri, a tank commander, was killed in the summer-before-last's fighting in Lebanon. Themes of the interview overlap strikingly with Appleby's work, I think. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:25 GMT http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother?utm_medium=email http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother?utm_medium=email Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Grossman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008) This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace and justice for Palestinians, a strong and unapologetic sense of Israel's Jewish, Zionist, and historical distrinctiveness, and a genuinely poetic sensibility. His son Uri, a tank commander, was killed in the summer-before-last's fighting in Lebanon. Themes of the interview overlap strikingly with Appleby's work, I think. Webcite: http://www.webcitation.org/5bfwMoP3l<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:48 GMT http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother Army Private Subjected to Anti-Semitic Attacks Brutally Beaten By Soldiers PVT Michael Handman, 20, claims to have been the victim of intense anti-Semitic harrassment (being called "kike" and "fucking Jew," being forced to remove his kippot), and then subsequently being beaten to the point of requiring hospitalization. Mikey Weinstein's Military Religious Freedom Foundation is now looking into the case. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:24 GMT http://www.pubrecord.org/religion/362-army-private-subjected-to-anti-semitic-attacks-brutally-beaten-by-soldiers-.html http://www.pubrecord.org/religion/362-army-private-subjected-to-anti-semitic-attacks-brutally-beaten-by-soldiers-.html Holy war strikes India - Asia, World - The Independent An extremely disturbing short piece on the tremendous surge of violence against Christians by Hindus in Orissa province, where around 20% of the population -- mostly scheduled castes and scheduled tribes -- are Christian converts.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:23 GMT http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/holy-war-strikes-india-955502.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/holy-war-strikes-india-955502.html school shootings, "Ceremonial Violence" | Salon Books Submited by cyskonsyght 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:28:39 GMT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/10/school_shooting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/10/school_shooting/index.html?source=rss Links to current writings by Mark Juergensmeyer, from his personal website Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:22 GMT http://juergensmeyer.com/?q=node/7 http://juergensmeyer.com/?q=node/7 Interview with R. Scott Appleby, from BeyondIntractability.org (2005) Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:23 GMT http://www.beyondintractability.org/audio/r_scott_appleby/?nid=6575 http://www.beyondintractability.org/audio/r_scott_appleby/?nid=6575 THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN ZIONISM The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem along with other local Christian leaders expresses its opposition to the mostly-American phenomenon of Christian Zionism.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:45 GMT http://www.hcef.org/index.cfm/mod/news/id/16/subMod/NewsView/NewsID/1595.cfm http://www.hcef.org/index.cfm/mod/news/id/16/subMod/NewsView/NewsID/1595.cfm David Kupfer and Edward Tick, "Like Wandering Ghosts: Edward Tick On How The U.S. Fails Its Returning Soldiers," The Sun Magazine 390 (June 2008) Edward Tick is the author of "War and the Soul." Archived at webcite: http://www.webcitation.org/5b9I5YN5E<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:22 GMT http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/390/like_wandering_ghosts http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/390/like_wandering_ghosts Exodus 33.7-11, 17-23: Moses's relations with God These passages describe Moses's encounters with God in the Tent of Meeting and his thwarted desire to look YHWH in the face. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:21 GMT http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=90248068 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=90248068 Police: No evidence of hate crime at local mosque A ten-year-old girl who was standing insode a basement community room at a Dayton mosque was sprayed wtih an aerosol by two men standing outside an open window. Police say there is no evidence that the attack was motivated by bias since the attackers did not speak. Seen on Cee Bee's Friendfeed stream. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:21 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/27/ddn092608evacweb.html http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/27/ddn092608evacweb.html The ElijahList - Prophetic Words and Prophecies A website for "endtime overcomer" types across the board. Discovered via a Southern Poverty Law Center article on Joel's Army (http://snipr.com/3sk2l). Haven't explored it much yet. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:19 GMT http://www.elijahlist.com http://www.elijahlist.com SPLCenter.org: 'Arming' for Armageddon (report on "Joel's Army") A end times organization spun off from a "hyper-charismatic" wing of the Assemblies of God that sees itself as an eschatological army in the making. Pretty intense. Seen on @melmcbride 's Friendfeed stream.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:19 GMT http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=964 http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=964 Bonhoeffer's 1934 sermon at Fanø, Denmark, on peace I posted parts of this a long time ago, but the original page disappeared. I'm now posting this new link.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:39 GMT http://changetolink.com/QZBSz http://changetolink.com/QZBSz Slideshow of links on René Girard, theorist of religion and violence Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://slides.diigo.com/widget/slides?sid=7335 http://slides.diigo.com/widget/slides?sid=7335 René Girard: Information and Much More from Answers.com Answers.com page on Girard -- contains a good list of links from Wikipedia. <br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.answers.com/rene girard http://www.answers.com/rene girard Link Collection on René Girard by Dietmar Regensburger Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/cover/links/index.html http://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/cover/links/index.html FIRST THINGS: A Journal of Religion, Culture, and Public Life Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3856 http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3856 FIRST THINGS: On the Square » Blog Archive » René Girard for Holy Week Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=688 http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=688 September 17, 2005 - with René Girard Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.stanford.edu/dept/fren-ital/opinions/girard.html http://www.stanford.edu/dept/fren-ital/opinions/girard.html FIRST THINGS: A Journal of Religion, Culture, and Public Life Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3837 http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3837 René Girard Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.denistouret.fr/ideologues/Girard.html http://www.denistouret.fr/ideologues/Girard.html Colloquium on Violence and Religion Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/cover http://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/cover Interview with René Girard Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/AP0201/interv.htm http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/AP0201/interv.htm IDEAS- Rene Girard: The Scapegoat Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/girard/index.html http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/girard/index.html Rene Girard on Imitatio Christi Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://web.archive.org/web/20010122055400/http://www.execpc.com/~paulnue/year_b/girard_imitatio.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010122055400/http://www.execpc.com/~paulnue/year_b/girard_imitatio.htm Colloquium on Violence and Religion: Interview with René Girard on terrorism. Critical commentaries Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/cover/girard_le_monde_interview.html http://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/cover/girard_le_monde_interview.html Ainslee Embree, "How religion gets mixed with violence," The Immanent Frame (Dec. 30, 2007) (on Benazir Bhutto's assassination) Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssrc.org%2Fblogs%2Fimmanent_frame%2F2007%2F12%2F30%2Fhow-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence Bruce Lincoln, "Words matter," Boston Globe (Sept. 12, 2004) (on George Bush's religious language and American evangelicals) Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/09/12/words_matter http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/09/12/words_matter Bruce Lincoln, "Bush's God talk: to a born-again theology of individual salvation, Bush has added a providential view of America's role in world history," in Christian Century (Oct. 5, 2004) Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:13 GMT http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_20_121/ai_n7069178 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_20_121/ai_n7069178 Rene Girard (1923–) Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:12 GMT http://www.theology.ie/thinkers/girard.htm http://www.theology.ie/thinkers/girard.htm Christianity Today on torture [4] David Gushee for the evangelical Christian magazine Christianity Today on five theological grounds for the unequivocal and universal condemnation of torture by Christians, and why, from a Christian perspective, no exceptional circumstances can ever justify the use of torture. From February 2006.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:37 GMT http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/february/23.32.html?start=2 http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/february/23.32.html?start=2 Christianity Today on torture David Gushee for the evangelical Christian magazine Christianity Today on five theological grounds for the unequivocal and universal condemnation of torture by Christians, and why, from a Christian perspective, no exceptional circumstances can ever justify the use of torture. From February 2006.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:37 GMT http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/february/23.32.html http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/february/23.32.html Homepage of the National Religious Campaign against Torture This group has achieved some visibility by distributing simple black banners with the words "torture is wrong" to houses of worship.<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:37 GMT http://www.nrcat.org http://www.nrcat.org Thomas Chalmers, baritone, and orchestra, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (comp. Julia Ward Howe, 1861), recorded 1918 on wax cylinder Using this in my Religion and Violence class (ever read the lyrics carefully?). Time: 2:59. More information about this recording at the UCSB library site: http://snipr.com/3jlwe<br />Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:44:33 GMT http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/0000/0587/cusb-cyl0587d.mp3 http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/0000/0587/cusb-cyl0587d.mp3 Information and resources for teaching Euripides' Bacchae Submited by nbr 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:31:09 GMT http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/bacchae.htm http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/bacchae.htm