Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of Mythic America: Essays and American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea. He blogs at MythicAmerica.us.
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Published in: HomeTearing down the wall: lessons on national security from the Summer of LoveIn a national security state, the world is transformed into a vast reservoir of potential enemies, all bent on our destruction. Such a climate precludes imagining national life beyond the quest for security.
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Published in: TransformationTrying to save the world should be funIf we can't find joy in our work for peace and social justice, what's the point?