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.

Boarded-up and abandoned row houses in Baltimore, seen May 26, 2019 (CNS/Reuters/Stephanie Keith)

Reimagine faithful citizenship, restore the common good

by Alex Mikulich

Sep 15, 2020

Decolonizing Faith and Society: The U.S. bishops' "Faithful Citizenship" never discusses assaults on the U.S. Constitution or how the president consistently undermines Catholic moral principles.

Welcome love opens the caverns of our being

by Alex Mikulich

Aug 10, 2020

Decolonizing Faith and Society: Death and deadliness seem to be all around us with no way out. Consider the idea of receptive generosity, which draws us into intimate, infinite sensitivity for all creation.

White sacrifices are necessary to change the rules of the game

by Alex Mikulich

Jul 14, 2020

Decolonizing Faith and Society: We who believe we are white need to make far more difficult collective sacrifices to create the conditions of the possibility of living racial equality as a way of life.

We need to embody a blues hope

by Alex Mikulich

Jun 13, 2020

Decolonizing Faith and Society: Embracing a blues hope means making a decision to stand with and for every black and brown person in America. It means crying out to God with people yearning for freedom and justice.

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Reimagine faithful citizenship, restore the common good

Welcome love opens the caverns of our being

White sacrifices are necessary to change the rules of the game

We need to embody a blues hope

Coronavirus is a new crossroads for hope, healing and repair

The fierce urgency of Earth Day

Dear white readers: Don't look away from the violence within you

Are you open to praying to a black God?

American idolatry places faith in 'chosen one' Trump

Preparing the way for the Black Christ

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