January/February 2011: the Soul of Activism

What motivates us to fight for positive change? What role does our interconnectedness with other people and our environment play in the struggle for social and environmental justice? Where do religion and action meet? Briarpatch’s January/February 2011 issue, “The Soul of Activism,” explores the intersection between spirituality and activism, connecting the dots between our goals for positive change in the world and our inner personal (emotional and spiritual) revolutions.

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features

faithful ally
The United Church and one father’s journey from homophobia to LGBT advocacy
By Marc Colbourne

solidarity in Islamophobic times
Holding the state and the Left accountable
By Sumayya Kassamali

no priests, no temples
An interview with Michael Stone
By Dave Oswald Mitchell

love in a time of climate crisis
How can humanity’s greatest challenge be transformed into the greatest love story on earth?
By Velcrow Ripper

blood, sweat and prayers
Buddhism and (non)violence in the Tibetan independence movement
By Henry Martin

pedagogy of the omitted
The Escola Fé e Política in northeastern Brazil breathes new life into Liberation Theology
By D. Henry Claflin

departments

letters & announcements

letter from the editor
“Creative engagement” by Shayna Stock

comic: code green
“Oxygen shortage” by Stephanie McMillan

reviews
This is an Honour Song: 20 Years Since the Blockades
Reviewed by Tyler McCreary

quotes from the underground
John Bellamy Foster, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Berger, Wole Soyinka, George Orwell, Todd Gordon, Mowugo Okoye

parting shots
Interconnectedness in action
a politically radical and spiritually evolved vision for the future of human communities
By Zainab Amadahy