A Thousand Freedoms
The film A Thousand Cuts profiles journalist Maria Ressa, who has worked to hold Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte accountable for his authoritarianism. Documentary filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz captures Ressa’s fight against suppression of the press and the people’s struggle against a deadly man. PBS Distribution.
Christ and Catastrophe
In an updated edition of the 1981 book The Risk of the Cross: Living Gospel Nonviolence in the Nuclear Age, author Arthur Laffin details the profound threat nukes pose in our era and the Christian call to oppose nuclear weapons. Includes sessions rooted in the gospel of Mark, suitable for small groups. Twenty-Third Publications.
Long Hair, Justice Where?
Samson has motivated African Americans’ pursuits of abolition and civil rights for centuries. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Temple University professors Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper examine the powerful on- and off-the-page narrative of this biblical figure. Oxford University Press.
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