NEW BOOK: All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice, published by Soft Skull Press.
Listen to a talk about the book or read an interview.
Read these excerpts:
--“The Inquisition: Being voted off the Presbyterian island is no fun, even if it’s only temporary,” posted on Killing the Buddha, June 5, 2009.
--“Finding a stubborn hope to live in a dead culture,” posted on Counterpunch, June 16, 2009.
--“What does it mean to be a human being? Balancing theological and political insights,” distributed as ZNet commentary, June 20, 2009.
--"Can engaging with a radical religion help save progressives from self-indulgence?," posted on Alternet, July 3, 2009.
--“Beyond independence: We are most free when we are most bound to others,” posted on the Indypendent blog, July 4, 2009.
--“The limits of faith and knowledge, Part I: God as mystery,” posted on Campaign for America’s Future blog, July 8, 2009.
--“The limits of faith and knowledge, Part II: Humility in the garden," posted on Campaign for America’s Future blog, July 8, 2009.
--“Life in a dead culture,” ZNet Reimagining Society Project, July 22, 2009.
Other articles:
"The universe is an undifferentiated whole," posted on Rabble.ca, May 2, 2013.
“Ready for Rationing? Why We Should Put the Brakes on Consumption If We Want to Survive,” posted on Alternet, April 30, 2013.
“Does God have a gender?” posted on Nation of Change, April 15, 2013.
“Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now,” posted on Truthout, February 8, 2013.
“Go ahead, talk religion and politics at the table,” posted on Austin American-Statesman, November 21, 2012.
“UT Motto Modification: What Starts Here ... Accelerates Destruction?” posted on Austin Post, November 15, 2012.
“From Start to Finish: Why We Won and How We Are Losing,” posted on Al Jazeera English, September 29, 2012.
“Hope is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dead World,” posted on Counterpunch, July 9, 2012.
“Holding onto the joy in teaching: Pay attention, be astonished, tell about it,” posted on Counterpunch, March 9, 2012.
“Prophetic politics: Charting a healthy role for religion in public life,"” posted on Truthout, February 6, 2012.
“Environmental historian Angus Wright’s call for a planetary patriotism,” posted on Texas Observer online, November 14, 2011.
“Occupy demands: Let’s radicalize our analysis of empire, economics, ecology,” posted on Al Jazeera English, November 3, 2011.
“Finding religion in a cult,” Austin American-Statesman, October 12, 2011, p. A-8. Also appeared as “Take care before calling Mormon religion a cult,” Houston Chronicle, October 14, 2011.
“Nature bats last: Notes on revolution and resistance, revelation and redemption,” posted on Truthout, August 8, 2011.
“The Power -- and Limits -- of Social Movements,” posted on Common Dreams and Energy Bulletin, July 12, 2011.
“The Anguish in the American Dream,” posted on Alternet, June 27, 2011.
“Listening to Life, before it’s too late: An interview with Ellen LaConte,” posted on The Progressive Christian, March 9, 2011.
“Consciousness rising, world fading,” posted on Common Dreams and Energy Bulletin, February 25, 2011. An edited version was posted as "Not a knight in shining armor, on MS Magazine blog, March 28, 2011.
“Technological fundamentalism: Why bad things happen when humans play God,” posted on The Progressive Christian, January 27, 2011.
“’All That We Share’ isn’t enough,” posted on Texas Observer online, December 27, 2010.
“Soils and souls: The promise of The Land,” posted on Texas Observer online, October 11, 2010.
“A world in collapse?” Robert Jensen interviewed by Alex Doherty, New Left Project, September 1, 2010.
“Glenn Beck’s redemption song,” Texas Observer online, August 30, 2010.
“Why am I here? Our struggle for meaning, in the world and church,” posted on OpEdNews.com, July 26, 2010. Audio available at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church website.
“Struggling to be ‘fully alive’: Reports on coping with anguish for a world in collapse,” posted on Common Dreams and Energy Bulletin, July 8, 2010.
“The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse,” posted on Common Dreams and Culture Change, June 22, 2010.
“The soul seeker: A neuroscientist’s search for the human essence,” Texas Observer, May 28, 2010, pp. 17-20.
“The Collapse of Journalism/The Journalism of Collapse: New Storytelling and a New Story,” posted on OpEdNews.com, March 25, 2010.
“’Getting rid of hope and faith’: Abe Osheroff on the struggle for a better world,” posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, March 2, 2010.
“Interview: A progressive path to the prophetic voice,” posted at New Left Project, February 1, 2010.
“’If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because we face an overwhelming situation’: An interview with Robert Jensen on war, ecological crises, and the quest for justice,” posted on Media with Conscience, November 2, 2009.
“The Delusion Revolution: The future we have been dreaming of is not based on reality,”
Adbusters, July 15, 2009.
“Getting radicalized, slow and painful,” distributed as ZNet Commentary for July 16, 2009.
“Real hope: Facing difficult truths about an uncertain future,” posted on Dissident Voice and OurFuture, November 18, 2008.
“Taking politics seriously: Looking beyond the election and beyond elections,” co-authored with Pat Youngblood, posted on Common Dreams, October 23, 2008. For audio of a talk on this subject, see the Community Alliance website.
“The delusion revolution: We’re on the road to extinction and in denial,” posted on Alternet, August 15, 2008.
“The prophetic challenge: ‘Few are guilty, but all are responsible,’” posted on TomPaine.com, August 6, 2008. Also appeared as "We should hold ourselves responsible for our government's crimes around the world," Austin American-Statesman, August 8, 2008.
“Technological fundamentalism in media and culture,” Media Development (journal of the World Association for Christian Communication), No. 3, Summer 2008, pp. 8-12.
“Fear and hope on the runaway train: A review of Eliza Gilkyson’s ‘Beautiful World,’” posted on Campaign for America’s Future and Media with Conscience, June 19, 2008.
"The selling and shaping of our souls," posted on Counterpunch and Media with Conscience, May 5, 2008.
“We are all prophets now: Responsibilities and risks in the prophetic voice,” posted on Monthly Review Zine, Atlantic Free Press, and MWC News, August 6, 2007.
"Last Sunday: The problem with solutions," posted on Common Dreams and Atlantic Free Press, January, 2, 2007.Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.
“Last Sunday: Digging in and digging deep,” posted on Counterpunch, ZNet, and Dissident Voice, November 27, 2006. Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.
“The 2006 elections and the coming train wreck: Does it matter if we slow down the train?” posted on OutlookIndia, ZNet, Counterpunch, and Alternative Press Review, November 9, 2006.
"The consequences of the death of empathy," posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, October 30, 2006. Also distributed as ZNet Commentary.
“Finding my way back to church -- and getting kicked out: The struggle over what it means to be Christian today,” posted on Counterpunch, September 28, 2006.