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Priscilla Stuckey

Reconnecting people with nature through writing and spirituality

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Roman Empire

37. The logic of sameness

February 17, 2023

Transcript There’s a poison seeping through America’s veins. It’s a poison that Germany knew in the 1930s and that other countries are struggling with now as well. It’s the poison of authoritarianism. Florida has passed laws to limit teaching about certain topics in schools—racism, African American history, gender identity, sexual orientation. The laws are worded…  Read More…

Tagged With: authoritarianism, authority, conformity, democracy, diversity, education, evolution, free speech, hierarchy, intolerance, logic of authoritarianism, multiculturalism, obedience, persecution, Roman Empire, Roman piety

 

25. Why doesn’t everyone love diversity?

June 26, 2021

Transcript We step down the slope of wet sand. Today the waves are small, breaking in soft foam around our ankles. We wade in deeper, settle our snorkel masks on our faces, and lift our feet from the sand, floating toward our local reef. My eyes roam over the rolling stretches of coral below us….  Read More…

Tagged With: Anabaptists, Augustine, authoritarianism, Calvinism, church discipline, control, coral reef, Crusades, democracy, diversity, feudalism, forest bathing, Inquisitions, intolerance, Karen Stenner, logic of authoritarianism, Mennonites, monoculture, original sin, persecution, pluralism, Roman Empire, social discipline, tolerance, tropical reef, Vine Deloria Jr.

 

22. An inheritance problem

March 5, 2021

Transcript A long time ago there lived a very wealthy man who owned vast estates. The story says that he was a ruler, or government official, and this is how we know he was a landowner, because in his time and place, to have a seat in government you had to own land, and lots…  Read More…

Tagged With: afterlife, class system, equality, feudal system, inequality, inequality and health, inheritance, kingdom of God, law of property, potlatch, property law in history, property rights, Rich Young Ruler, Roman Empire, sharing, Vine Deloria Jr.

 

19. Filling the hungry with good things: A Christmas meditation

December 24, 2020

Transcript I can still say the words from memory—Luke 2:1–20, King James Version, the verses I recited for the Christmas program at church when I was in grade school. It’s the story of the baby in the manger and the shepherds and the angels. Recently I took another look at the Christmas story in Luke,…  Read More…

Tagged With: animals, attitudes toward animals, Book of Luke, Christmas, Christmas story, equality, inequality, law of property, Magnificat of Mary, O Magnum Mysterium, property law, rich and poor, Roman Empire, social justice, social revolution

 

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