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Rejoining the Conversation

For a variety of reasons I have been on an extended hiatus from my blog, but have decided to rejoin the conversation - at least periodically. I have been doing a lot of travel for the Doctor of Ministry program I direct as well as for the Ph.D. Research I have been doing. In addition, my teaching load this Fall was barely survivable, so all extraneous involvements needed to be pruned. However, I have missed the daily - or at least weekly - posts I had gotten used to making. The discipline of posting served as a daily deadline of sorts, not unlike what I imagine a newspaper columnist must experience, providing the creative tension that serves as a catalyst for effective analysis and synthesis. And so, I welcome myself back!

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Welcome back!

Posted by: Allen Arnn | January 01, 2007 at 05:14 PM

Sam!!

Good to see you're back!! ...

I am too, so to speak.

Things seem to be coming at both of us at hyperspeed!!

I look forward to staying in touch.

Dave J

Posted by: Dave Johnson | January 03, 2007 at 10:16 AM

Sam,

I let my blog go as well, but good to see you back.

Ditto! As I write I am on a 7-week sabbatical to write my thesis. Ministry and school wise, it is the most difficult thing I have ever done! I will be on campus the last week of July to complete my course work. Hope to see you then.

Gary

Posted by: Gary Strike | June 13, 2007 at 02:50 PM

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Reading for Revolutionaries

David C Korten: Agenda for a New Economy
This book is absolutely ESSENTIAL reading for any responsible leader in any context. A cogent and compelling work on our current economic crisis and the viable alternatives. (*****)
Ellen Meiksins Wood: The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
A great primer on the origins of capitalism and how it has morphed into the unhealthy, broken system we live under today. (*****)
Giovanni Arrighi: Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century
This book is a must read for a global perspective on the state of advanced capitalism. Arrighi demonstrates how China is fulfilling one of Adam Smith's primary theses about the long-term future of capitalism as it related to the empires of his time and the equalization that would take place between west and their territories. Again, why are we not looking at this current crisis in any historical context and realizing that we need to begin thinking outside of the box to solve some of our problems?
H.W. Brands: Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This book provides a great perspective of our current crisis from a recent historical prospective. The New Deal DID NOT resolve the Great Depression, World War II did! When will we ever learn from history?
Stewart Davenport: Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians and Market Capitalism, 1815-1860
If you have ever wondered how unbridled, free-market, Chicago School economics took such deep root in the "Christian West," this excellent historical analysis will provide some sobering answers. How is it that an economic system fueled by self-interest and greed became so closely associated with conservative, Christian ideology? Davenport provides a well-cited, scholarly work that traces the ways the clerical economists rationally accommodated an economic system they clearly understood to be antithetical to the teaching of the Bible. This is a must read for anyone interested in Christianity and Capitalism. (*****)
Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
If you have the honesty and courage to engage in nationalist critique, this book will be a shock to your system! It does not seem possible that such practices could be nurtured and promoted by our country. Give it a reflective read,check out the documentation, and ask yourself what we can do about such practices. (*****)
Lorna Gold: The Sharing Economy: Solidarity Networks Transforming Globalization (Ashgate Economic Geography Series)
An excellent book that discusses Christan-based alternatives to current forms and practices of advanced capitalism leading to a more holistic, relational practice of economics. (*****)
Shane Claiborne: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
This book will rock your world! I believe this is a must read for anyone serious about being a genuine Christ-follower. Read it and weep ... Read it and rejoice. (*****)
John Wood: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
This is at turns and incredibly inspirational and convicting book. John Wood left a cushy job and promising future at Microsoft in order to devote his life to building libraries and schools in the villages of Nepal and other third world countries with low literacy rates. I wonder if this is what Jesus meant when he spoke to the rich young ruler? (****)