Decolonizing Faith and Society

Alex Mikulich's monthly column questions the oppressive side of Western modernity and Christianity to imagine communal futures in which the Earth and all people may fully thrive.

In our societal dark night, contemplation roots authentic revolution

by Alex Mikulich

Nov 8, 2019

Decolonizing Faith and Society: While we rightly sense the urgency for revolutionary action, the desire for change is not without pitfalls. But Sophia Wisdom draws us into a wholly different way of proceeding.

Shanenawa people dance Sept. 1 during a festival to celebrate nature and ask for an end to the burning of the Amazon, in the indigenous village of Morada Nova near Feijo, Brazil. (CNS/Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

Indigenous scholars invite decolonization of the Anthropocene

by Alex Mikulich

Oct 8, 2019

Decolonizing Faith and Society: Will we white settlers turn toward a new way of being? Will we co-sense our interconnectedness and obligations with and for diverse human kin and other-than-human kin?

It's time for sustained mass civil disobedience

by Alex Mikulich

Sep 12, 2019

Decolonizing Faith and Society: The signs are clear. The Trump administration fulfills all four marks of an authoritarian regime. It is time for us to demand dignity, equality and justice for all.

We need to fast from violence in ourselves and our nation

by Alex Mikulich

Aug 8, 2019

As a people, as a nation, our worship for our military might and weapons has only deepened over the seven decades since we dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's time to face our own violence and renew Catholic nonviolence.

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In our societal dark night, contemplation roots authentic revolution

Indigenous scholars invite decolonization of the Anthropocene

It's time for sustained mass civil disobedience

We need to fast from violence in ourselves and our nation

Working to live or living to work?

Eucharistic intimacy calls us to transform a destructive food system

The dangerous memory of Jesus Christ calls us to enact reparations

From Laborem Exercens to AOC: why I'm a Catholic Democratic Socialist

Time to live the politically impossible art of the Gospel

To work toward a just society, we need a Green New Deal