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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 3, 2022
It’s Story Time
As we approach the mid-terms, more than one commentator has framed the key question as “who controls the narrative.” One might think that...
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 14, 2022
If Truth Be Told
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
Aug 25, 2022
An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism
Reading the books, Settler Memory by Kevin Bruyneel and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, has led me to reflect again on the...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 26, 2022
The White Dream of Safety
Like everyone else, white people dream of safety. The desire for safety, in fact, may be as strong if not stronger than other primal...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 4, 2022
Whose History is Upon Us?
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jun 14, 2022
Guns, Dignity, and the Climate of Fear
If we start with my basic premise that our colonial beginnings created a climate of injustice that has never been adequately corrected,...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 31, 2022
Human Dignity and the Catholic Justices
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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Marvin T. Brown
May 16, 2022
Thanks to LYRASIS for Funding Open Access
To learn more about Lyrasis, click here. To download a free copy of the book or individual Chapters, or to buy a printed copy, click here...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 10, 2022
The Rule of Law vs the Law of Rule
The Supreme Court’s draft statement on abortion clarifies an issue I thought a lot about when writing A Climate of Justice: “Can...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 26, 2022
Listening to Reinhold Niebuhr
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 19, 2022
Putin’s Humanity
When people commit crimes against humanity, do they lose their own humanity? The notion of “Our Humanity” played a central role in A...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 30, 2022
The War Against Contemporary and Future Civilians
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...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 16, 2022
Jeremiah in Ukraine
Jeremiah has been my favorite prophet since my graduate studies at Union Theological Seminary. I think I was influenced more by Abraham...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 1, 2022
Ukrainian Resistance and American Memories
What does watching the pain and resistance of Ukrainian civilians trigger for you? What do you remember? American memory, of course, is...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 17, 2022
A Civilian’s Conditions
Much of A Climate of Justice is about civilians. I learned about the significance of civilians in thinking about creating a climate of...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 7, 2022
Q&A about A Climate of Justice
For Shareable’s on-line magazine, Nancy Southern, faculty at Saybrook University, interviewed Marvin Brown about his new book: Creating a...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 1, 2022
Expanding our Contextual Awareness
To understand the point of A Climate of Justice, it’s necessary to acknowledge that we always live in some historical context. The...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jan 18, 2022
Writing While White
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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Marvin T. Brown
Jan 5, 2022
The Book A Climate of Justice is Now Available
Published as an Open Access book, you can download a PDF or a EPUB copy of the book, or single Chapters at the book’s Springer page. You...
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Marvin T. Brown
Dec 21, 2021
Dealing with White Distortion
As a white male person, I continue to deal with the issue of white distortion. Distortion is not that uncommon. Sometimes it’s comical,...
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