Month: July 2014
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The danger of fetishizing revolution
Originally published at Waging Nonviolence. What do contact with extraterrestrials, the return of Jesus Christ, apocalypse, and revolution all have in common? In a sense, they are all imagined redemptions — epic reset buttons for humanity. Onto these we can pin our heartbreaks and frustrations with the world as it is, with all its suffering,…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 