FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: 2 new mailings

[Carol Koepp (carolkoepp]

I will watch it for sure.  Having the same values without the theism is what 
makes us unique when working with folks coming from a theistic base, i.e., 
Habitat For Humanity and the Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness. 
They have a hard time figuring us out.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Tapp" <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
To: "Carol Koepp" <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "FUS Social Action talk" <fussa-talk [at] muusja.org>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 11:06 PM
Subject: [sa-talk] 2 new mailings


> Both deal with humanists' values and how best to make them visible and
> exciting.
>
> Bob
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> > Date: July 3, 2009 10:51:57 PM CDT
> > To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
> > Subject: We few
> >
> > Bill Moyers Journal tonight should be a must for humanists. An
> > earlier post described a course on social ethics that was available
> > online,  Tonight Miyers quizzed the 3 professors -- Cornel West,
> > Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien -- on how their progressive version
> > of Christianity helped them understand the present economic crisis.
> >
> > http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
> >
> > Moyers pushed the fact that there were many other versions of
> > Christianity, and they agreed. In fact they argued that their
> > version only started around 1880 in the US and certainly was not a
> > majority version today. That "social gospel" is one of the major
> > sources of our own modern humanism. Our 1033 Manifesto argued that
> > the values of that earlier movement could no longer be well served
> > from a theistic base. Moyers pushed each speaker hard on whether
> > their theistic assumptions were necessary, AND all agreed that many
> > who did not share heir beliefs in fact did share their values.
> >
> > They were also agreed that traditional forms of Christianity were
> > unable to understand or deal with the crisis. One statement by
> > Serene Jones (new president of Union Theological Seminary) came very
> > close to a sermonic definition of modern humanism. Love is the most
> > important value (some of us are more likely to prefer <compassion>)
> > and <justice is love with legs>..
> >
> > Do watch this discussion for a better understanding of progressive
> > Christianity -- and our relation to it.
> >
> > Bob
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> > Date: July 3, 2009 11:01:37 PM CDT
> > To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
> >
> > Subject: Shared values
> >
> > The Vatican will soon be receiving President Obama, and Benedictine
> > Sister Joan Chittister wonders whether those same bishops who
> > recently criticized Notre Dame will persist in their position! More
> > significantly, she discusses some of the ethical themes of a major
> > forthcoming encyclical, Veritas in Caritate,
> >
> > Humanists will want to rad this closely since it comes from the
> > largest group of Christians. We too urge values that serve <the
> > common good>. What overlaps exit? Are we more consistent in
> > promoting those values than people who claim they rest upon
> > supernaturalism?
> >
> > http://ncronline.org/news/politics/voice-reason-maelstrom-condemnations
> >
> > Bob
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