Post by midcan5 on Sept 10, 2010 7:02:33 GMT -5
by Chuck Gutenson
"In the course of our various responses and challenges to Glenn Beck, some have questioned why we have bothered. It is a fair question. After all, the critiques of social justice he offers are not particularly new nor are they particularly insightful. In fact, one has yet to hear a sustained argument (you know, with premises, conclusions, and the like), and instead we tend to get innuendo, misdirection, and assertions.
Virtually every strand of Christian faith has social justice of the kind Sojourners defends as a constituent part. Of course, the largest strand of Christian faith in the world, Roman Catholicism, makes social teaching a central component, and more than one pope has weighed in on the importance of both charity and just societal structures that are mindful and protective of what Scripture calls “the least of these.” So, with all that, why bother to respond to Beck?"
blog.sojo.net/2010/09/08/glenn-beck-does-he-really-matter/
This piece is excellent.
"Common Nonsense," by Alexander Zaitchik
www.democracynow.org/2010/9/2/alexander_zaitchik_on_common_nonsense_glenn
www.amazon.com/Common-Nonsense-Glenn-Triumph-Ignorance/dp/0470557397/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8
"In the course of our various responses and challenges to Glenn Beck, some have questioned why we have bothered. It is a fair question. After all, the critiques of social justice he offers are not particularly new nor are they particularly insightful. In fact, one has yet to hear a sustained argument (you know, with premises, conclusions, and the like), and instead we tend to get innuendo, misdirection, and assertions.
Virtually every strand of Christian faith has social justice of the kind Sojourners defends as a constituent part. Of course, the largest strand of Christian faith in the world, Roman Catholicism, makes social teaching a central component, and more than one pope has weighed in on the importance of both charity and just societal structures that are mindful and protective of what Scripture calls “the least of these.” So, with all that, why bother to respond to Beck?"
blog.sojo.net/2010/09/08/glenn-beck-does-he-really-matter/
This piece is excellent.
"Common Nonsense," by Alexander Zaitchik
www.democracynow.org/2010/9/2/alexander_zaitchik_on_common_nonsense_glenn
www.amazon.com/Common-Nonsense-Glenn-Triumph-Ignorance/dp/0470557397/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8