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The Search for Living Prophets

The Search for Living Prophets

By: Marc Maxmeister
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 A series for activists who want to work for change in a spiritually grounded, healing-transformative way. Inspired by sermons from Christian leaders, universalist ministers, mennonites, UMC, and other liberal religious voices.public domain Christianity Politics & Government Spirituality
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  • #74: Against Empire – Empire and Identity

    #74: Against Empire – Empire and Identity
    Mar 23 2022
    One of the ways that empires have controlled populations is by rewriting history to reshape our heritage and cultural identity. Centuries later, when the truth is discovered, people still struggle to accept how their identity has been crafted by past deception. This is the story of the Phoenician Irish, the Mauritanian Welsh, the Islamic Kingdom […]
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  • #73: Against Empire – Labor and Trade

    #73: Against Empire – Labor and Trade
    Mar 17 2022
    This month the world announced thousands of sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its criminal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This episode dives into trade as a weapon wielded by (and against) empires. How is fair trade different from exploitation? Is capitalism truly the source of freedom in the world? (hint: it’s complicated). Is socialism […]
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  • #72: Gandhi and Empire

    #72: Gandhi and Empire
    Feb 28 2022
    During the age of imperialism, in the nineteenth century, Europe’s empires ruled over 80 percent of the people of Earth despite being a fraction of the world. That all changed when Gandhi demonstrated that active nonviolent resistance worked. This episode dives into the life and lessons of Gandhi, culminating with modern research that shows his methods […]
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