Editor’s note: Since this piece was written, Sojourners has publicly apologized for taking down Martin’s piece & re-published the essay. The past statements on the article, including the one cited below, can be found here. […]
Tag: Eric Martin
#VirginiaIsForPeaceLovers: Support Eric Martin’s Legal Fees for Protesting White Supremacy at UVA
Eric Martin—our colleague, friend, and guest contributor to this blog—faces up to one year of prison time for a trespassing charge levied against him by the University of Virginia for peacefully protesting the presence on […]
Support for Scholar-Activist Eric Martin
One of our Daily Theology guest contributors, Eric Martin was recently arrested in a nonviolent action to support students at the University of Virginia. Eric is a doctoral candidate in theology at Fordham University. He works […]
Islam’s Beautiful Witness to America: Malcolm X
By Eric Martin This Saturday marked fifty years since El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, was gunned down in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom. A few celebrations took place to remember his legacy, but the […]
A Saint in an Omnicidal State
By Eric Martin Three Christian, nonviolent resisters of an illegal program with the capacity to end all human life, and perhaps all life on the planet, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. This should […]
MLK Day: Our Discordant National Holiday
By Eric Martin Warning: this post includes a graphic image of torture tactics. Today America claims to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but this nation does not know what that means. King’s dream is […]
“Doing Theology” in a Nation That Bombs Grandmothers
By Eric Martin Warning: this post includes a graphic image of a victim of drone attacks There are hard questions American Christian theologians must ask in lieu of the Rehman family’s Congressional testimony last Tuesday. […]
