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school shootings, "Ceremonial Violence" | Salon Books
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http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/10/school_shooting/index.html?source=rss
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.
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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
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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.
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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 evi...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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http://changetolink.com/QZBSz
René Girard: Information and Much More from Answers.com
Answers.com page on Girard -- contains a good list of links from Wikipedia.
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http://www.answers.com/rene girard
September 17, 2005 - with René Girard
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http://www.stanford.edu/dept/fren-ital/opinions/girard.html
René Girard
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http://www.denistouret.fr/ideologues/Girard.html
Interview with René Girard
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http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/AP0201/interv.htm
IDEAS- Rene Girard: The Scapegoat
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http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/girard/index.html
Rene Girard on Imitatio Christi
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http://web.archive.org/web/20010122055400/http://www.execpc.com/~paulnue/year_b/girard_imita...
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
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http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence
Rene Girard (1923–)
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
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http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/0000/0587/cusb-cyl0587d.mp3
Euripides, The Bacchae (ca. 406 BCE), full text at Perseus Project (Loeb ed.)
Kind of a clunky interface, but it's all there.
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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0092
Periaktoi-Bacchae/Περίακτοι-Βάκχες
Once scene from a contemporary performance of Euripides' Bacchae (in Greek), with some singing and choreography. Decent video production; seven minutes long. Considering using this play (...
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5433921167257463547
"Bolivian Wrestlers: In the wrestling rings of Bolivia, skirts fly as cholitas fight back!", National Geographic Magazine (Sept. 2008)
"The two women ... swing themselves deftly onto the wrestling ring that has been the focus of this afternoon's activity. Swiftly they remove their hats, unpin their shawls, and ... whap, ...
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/wrestlers/guillermoprieto-text
"Battle Cry," a short Christian video from Whitestone Motion Pictures
Not sure what to say about this. It's stirring, it's well-made, it's strange, and I find it theologically and morally very objectionable. Your reaction may be totally different. It's been...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_hdzkZUe8s
Apocalyptic prophesies and the war in South Ossetia: Glenn Beck interviews Joel Rosenberg
Transcript of a recent interview between conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck and "The Last Jihad" author Joel Rosenberg about the current Russian-Georgian conflict and the prophecies o...
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http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/glenn-beck-asks-joel-about-politics-prophec...
"Onward Christian Soldiers," performed by chorus and piano
From FamilyRadio.com
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http://archive.familyradio.org/mp3/hymnal/list_3/Onward%20christian%20soldiers.mp3
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854)
Was just thinking about the way Virginia Woolf has Mr. Ramsay quote this poem repeatedly in To the Lighthouse, especially the line, "someone had blundered."
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http://poetry.eserver.org/light-brigade.html
U of Michigan's guidelines for teachers leading discussion on 9-11
A lot of this stuff is basically common sense, but some of the practical tips are good. Emphasis on keeping a potentially explosive discussion focused and productive. Applicable to a wide...
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http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/tragedydiscussion.php
Vergangenheitsbewältigung – Wikipedia (in German)
The German-language Wikipedia entry on Vergangenheitsbewältigung, roughly, "coming to terms with the past," usually used in reference to efforts by historians and others to find a way to...
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergangenheitsbew%C3%A4ltigung
The Hurt Locker: A Near-Perfect War Film - TIME
This looks like an interesting flick.
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http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838615,00.html
Gov. Palin speaks to the Wasilla Assembly of God church, June 2008 (Huffington Post)
Gov. Palin addresses a Pentecostal church with which she was associated until 2002. The speech was given in June 2008. Excerpt: "Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palins-church-may-have-sh_n_123205.html
Repent America Press Release, Aug. 31, 2005: "Hurricane Katrina Destroys New Orleans Days before 'Southern Decadence'"
From the page: "Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin." Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.repentamerica.com%2Fpr_hurricanekatrina....
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http://www.repentamerica.com/pr_hurricanekatrina.html