In a climate of justice, money and knowledge would flow freely. Instead of banks only giving money to those with an acceptable credit...

As we approach the mid-terms, more than one commentator has framed the key question as “who controls the narrative.” One might think that...

If truth be told, we would eat a slice of humble pie, walk softly on the Earth, and give thanks for its gifts. If truth be told, our zip...

Reading the books, Settler Memory by Kevin Bruyneel and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, has led me to reflect again on the...

Like everyone else, white people dream of safety. The desire for safety, in fact, may be as strong if not stronger than other primal...

Whose history is upon us? Right now, the history of white America seems to have gained control of the Supreme Court and much of public...

If we start with my basic premise that our colonial beginnings created a climate of injustice that has never been adequately corrected,...

It’s becoming clearer than ever that allowing God to enter the civic realm is causing a lot of trouble. The separation of church and...

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The Supreme Court’s draft statement on abortion clarifies an issue I thought a lot about when writing A Climate of Justice: “Can...

A 1966 photo of my class’s meeting with Reinhold Niebuhr at Union Theological Seminary when I was a student in Beverly Wildung Harrison’s...

When people commit crimes against humanity, do they lose their own humanity? The notion of “Our Humanity” played a central role in A...

As I wrote and rewrote A Climate of Justice, my view of civilians kept changing. I thought I had a clear notion when the book was...

Jeremiah has been my favorite prophet since my graduate studies at Union Theological Seminary. I think I was influenced more by Abraham...

What does watching the pain and resistance of Ukrainian civilians trigger for you? What do you remember? American memory, of course, is...

Much of A Climate of Justice is about civilians. I learned about the significance of civilians in thinking about creating a climate of...

For Shareable’s on-line magazine, Nancy Southern, faculty at Saybrook University, interviewed Marvin Brown about his new book: Creating a...

To understand the point of A Climate of Justice, it’s necessary to acknowledge that we always live in some historical context. The...

It’s true that my book, A Climate of Justice, was written by a white man. Is that significant? Some white men, of course, might not see...

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