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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 2d

Rev. Washington Gladden was a pastor who led Progressive reform, defended unions, and spoke against racial segregation in the mid-to-late 1800s.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 5d

A New York socialist is campaigning for “people over profit.” The first to do it in 1911? George R. Lunn, a pastor who called socialism “Christianity applied.”

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The Municipal Socialism of a Local New York State Mayor - Institute for Christian Socialism

New York’s first socialist mayor, George R. Lunn, sought to put “Christianity applied” into practice at the city level.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 10d

Solidarity and justice are divine commands. Not optional charity.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 13d

ICS is excited to announce our new Managing Director, VENNEIKIA WILLIAMS!

From designing curricula, graphics, abd events to facilitating in-person & virtual trainings on racial, political, and spiritual matters, Venneikia (she/they) is a lifelong learner & instructor.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 16d

Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray’s prophetic voice was woven with faith, feminism, and the fight for racial and economic justice.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 17d

This is the Gospel.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 20d

Prophetic art doesn’t come from the market. It rises from the margins. Yanan Rahim N. Melo explores how Filipino hip-hop confronts capitalism and fascism.

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Is Prophetic Art Possible in the Age of Commodification? - Institute for Christian Socialism

Filipino hip-hop albums Kolateral and Walang Panginoon ang Lupa embody prophetic art, confronting fascism, capitalism, and empire.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 27d

This is the Gospel.

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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

"In a career known for taking enormous swings, Habermas has just produced his most ambitious work yet"

Matt McManus reviews Habermas's 'Also a History of Philosophy: Volume III' for the Institute For Christian Socialism

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Is Modern Philosophy Emancipating? Jürgen Habermas Thinks So. - Institute for Christian Socialism

Matt McManus considers Habermas's optimistic vision for modern philosophy in the final volume of "Also a History of Philosophy."

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · 29d

Free healthcare? Call that Christian ethics.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is the Gospel.

#ChristianSocialism

Navy text on white:

Do not desire a ruler’s delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies,
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.
“Eat and drink!” a ruler says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:3-7 (ESV)

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Sep 8

For-profit immigrant camps. Sanctuary churches under threat. Deportations without trial. Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf makes the case: now is the time for people of faith to resist.

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The Moral Case for the Sanctuary Movement - Institute for Christian Socialism

Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf confronts Trump’s deportation regime by embracing the sanctuary movement as a faithful stand against state violence and moral injury.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Sep 5

All this, centuries before Marx. What might their example say to us about community and economics today? #ChristianSocialism #TheBias

Sources are listed for the claim. There are two sources: Arvanitidis, P. & Sofia's, C. 2023. 'The Byzantine monastery as a Commons', Revisit de History Industrial, 33 (89): 107-142. Ponzetti, J. 2014. 'Christian monasticism and sustainable communal life', International Journal of Community Diversity, 13 (1): 1-12.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Aug 28

Now live! Jürgen Habermas insists philosophy still holds emancipatory power. McManus’ review shows why—through Hume, Kant, Marx & Kierkegaard—at a time when Christian nationalism looms.

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Is Modern Philosophy Emancipating? Jürgen Habermas Thinks So. - Institute for Christian Socialism

Matt McManus considers Habermas's optimistic vision for modern philosophy in the final volume of "Also a History of Philosophy."

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Now live! Roberto Che Espinoza on how churches can resist the anti-LGBTQ+ policies of the Trump administration.

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Embodying a Sanctuary Imagination - Institute for Christian Socialism

Embodying a sanctuary imagination means being accountable to those impacted by the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda of the Trump regime.

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herenowandthere.bsky.social @herenowandthere.bsky.social · Jul 30

Excited to review this for @smashmammon.bsky.social

REINVENTING PROTESTANT GERMANY
RELIGIOUS NATIONALISTS AND
THE CONTEST FOR
POST-NAZI DEMOCRACY
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · Jul 24

I liked Soelle’s “Suffering” a lot, always glad to see it come up again.

Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jul 23

Now Live: On mourning and the transformation of suffering into solidarity.

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From Mourning to Solidarity - Institute for Christian Socialism

How Dorothee Soëlle’s theology of suffering helps draw out mourning’s political possibilities.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jul 23

Now Live: On mourning and the transformation of suffering into solidarity.

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From Mourning to Solidarity - Institute for Christian Socialism

How Dorothee Soëlle’s theology of suffering helps draw out mourning’s political possibilities.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jul 11

Submit to The Bias today!

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · Jul 3

Great interview with Matthew McManus from @smashmammon.bsky.social.

Appreciated the recognition that liberal socialism needs more than analysis and critique—it needs a robust vision.

“The most unrealistic thing we could do at this moment…is dream small.”

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McManus: Indeed, it is my belief that liberalism and socialism are both philosophies of hope at their best. And I think that one of the big reasons why many people are turning to reactionary forms of politics and outright fascism is precisely that they don’t really feel a great deal of hope about this world or the next. Consequently, it’s very tempting to turn to nihilistic impulses toward self- and collective- destruction as an alternative. If we do not offer our fellow citizens a philosophy of hope, which I think liberal socialism is, then we are bound to see more of these kinds of destructive impulses. The most unrealistic thing we could do at this moment as political actors is to dream small, because what people really want now is big dreams for bighearted people who have not been satisfied for a very long time.

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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · Jul 2

My interview on liberal socialism with @smashmammon.bsky.social

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Liberal Socialism Is a Philosophy of Hope - Institute for Christian Socialism

An Interview with Matthew McManus on his most recent book and the virtues of the liberal socialist tradition.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jun 28

Live at The Bias. Gab Lisi reflects upon the urgent need for power analyses—clear, honest accounts of who holds power, how they wield it, and at whose expense.

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Freedom’s False Promises - Institute for Christian Socialism

At its core, what we are lacking is a power analysis—a clear, honest account of who holds power, how they wield it, and at whose expense. Without this analysis, we are left to blame ourselves for the ...

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jun 3

Now live. Fr. Thomas Massaro reflects on the legacies of Pope Francis.

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Institute for Christian Socialism (The Bias Magazine) @smashmammon.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Pope Francis Should be Remembered for his Tireless Advocacy for the Environment, Refugees, Global Peace, and Workers – Institute for Christian Socialism

Nobody can reliably predict the long-term legacy of Pope Francis. He will most probably be remembered many decades and even centuries hence as a creative innovator and as a guardian of Catholic social...

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