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The I=PAT of mass murder, and its antithesis — joy

Posted in Cultural politics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 15, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

Just as I=PAT serves as a handy, if problematic, formula for thinking about the causes of environmental impact, so I think there is a similar formula underlying tragedies like the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. It goes something like this: Hate + Technology + Distress = Carnage/Chaos

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A cultural cold war wind

Posted in Cultural politics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 20, 2014 | 2 Comments »

I predicted back in 2010 that globalizing and technological trends would lead disparate religious traditions to find common ground on socially divisive issues like abortion and gay rights. Just as environmentalism, feminism, and indigenous rights were partnering various more liberal church groups with environmental and social justice organizations, contributing to the development of an “eco-egalitarian” global […]

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Green pilgrimage & global civil religion

Posted in Spirit matter, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »

I’m getting ready to head to Spain, where I’ve been invited to give a talk on “green pilgrimage” at the Fourth Colloquium Compostela. Here’s a brief overview of what I’ll be speaking about.   Green Pilgrimage: Prospects for Ecology and Peace-Building

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