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Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology Enough Is Enough argues that economic and theological direction offered by liberation theology gives a unique paradigm for Christians to question the hegemony of growth and orient themselves according...

A quick reminder that you can pre-order Enough Is Enough, the book I co-authored with @mattbernico.bsky.social on capitalism, degrowth, and liberation theology. It's out May 12, but it's not too early to pick up a copy, and/or ask your local library to get one!

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Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology Enough Is Enough argues that economic and theological direction offered by liberation theology gives a unique paradigm for Christians to question the hegemony of growth and orient themselves according...

Marvelous that this is in the world! Looking forward to reading it @deandettloff.bsky.social and @mattbernico.bsky.social

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Enough is enough: degrowth, capitalism, and liberation theology by matt bernico and dean Dettloff

Do you need a new book to read specifically on May 12, 2026?

Yes? Oh cool, then you should pre-order the book @deandettloff.bsky.social and I wrote.

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We’ve got a new zine featuring Gerard Winstanley!

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We’ve got a new zine featuring Gerard Winstanley!

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Sorry I fell asleep on the train and didn’t finish skeeting this.

68. Addressing educators, Pope Francis recalled that education has always been one of the highest expressions of Christian charity: “Yours is a mission full of obstacles as well as joys... A mission of love, because you cannot teach without loving.”

This probably applies to podcasters

“When the Church bends down to break the new chains that bind the poor, she becomes a paschal sign.”

The liberation of prisoners is an expression of Trinitarian love: a God who frees not only from spiritual slavery but also from concrete oppression. The act of rescuing someone from slavery and captivity is seen as an extension of Christ’s redemptive sacrifice, whose blood is the price of our redemption (cf. 1 Cor 6:20).

30. James goes on to say: “Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter” (5:3-5). These are powerful words, even if we would rather not hear them! A similar appeal can be found in the First Letter of John: “How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?” (3:17).

James 5, my life verse, mentioned

why we can also speak theologically of a preferential option on the part of God for the poor, an expression that arose in the context of the Latin American continent and in particular in the Puebla Assembly, but which has been well integrated into subsequent teachings of the Church. [12] This “preference” never indicates exclusivity or discrimination towards other groups, which would be impossible for God. It is meant to emphasize God’s actions, which are moved by compassion toward the poverty and weakness of all humanity. Wanting to inaugurate a kingdom of justice, fraternity and solidarity, God has a special place in his heart for those who are discriminated against and oppressed, and he asks us, his Church, to make a decisive and radical choice in favor of the weakest.

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11. A concrete commitment to the poor must also be accompanied by a change in mentality that can have an impact at the cultural level. In fact, the illusion of happiness derived from a comfortable life pushes many people towards a vision of life centered on the accumulation of wealth and social success at all costs, even at the expense of others and by taking advantage of unjust social ideals and political-economic systems that favor the strongest. Thus, in a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people. This means that a culture still persists — sometimes well disguised — that discards others without even realizing it and tolerates with indifference that millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings. A few years ago, the photo of a lifeless child lying on a Mediterranean beach caused an uproar; unfortunately, apart from some momentary outcry, similar events are becoming increasingly irrelevant and seen as marginal news items.

It’s not enough to get rid of poverty materially, but we have to attend to our own spiritual poverty that puts lives of accumulation above everything else

Oh duh, here’s a link:

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8. The passage of Sacred Scripture in which God reveals himself to Moses in the burning bush can serve as a constant starting-point for this effort. There he says: “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them... So come, I will send you” ( Ex 3:7-8,10). [7] God thus shows his concern for the needs of the poor: “When the Israelites cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer” ( Judg 3:15). In hearing the cry of the poor, we are asked to enter into the heart of God, who is always concerned for the needs of his children, especially those in greatest need. If we remain unresponsive to that cry, the poor might well cry out to the Lord against us, and we would incur guilt (cf. Deut 15:9) and turn away from the very heart of God.

God hears the cry of the poor and we can hear it too.

“If we remain unresponsive to that cry, the poor might well cry out to the Lord against us, and we would incur guilt”

A tough, but good word.

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Love for the Lord, then, is one with love for the poor. The same Jesus who tells us, “The poor you will always have with you” (Mt 26:11), also promises the disciples: “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20). We likewise think of his saying: “Just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me” (Mt 25:40). This is not a matter of mere human kindness but a revelation: contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us.

You heard it folks: loving God means loving the poor. Someone tell the capitalists that they’re fucking this up.

1. “I HAVE LOVED YOU” (Rev 3:9). The Lord speaks these words to a Christian community that, unlike some others, had no influence or resources, and was treated instead with violence and contempt: “You have but little power… I will make them come and bow down before your feet” (Rev 3:8-9). This text reminds us of the words of the canticle of Mary: “He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty” (Lk 1:52-53).

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APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR

I’ve got a 5 hour train ride, so here’s me live skeeting Pope Leo’s new apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I have loved you)

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This will either get you more or less time in purgatory, not sure which at this point!

Thank you for listening.

Black History Month lecture with Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas (28-Oct-2025) Join us for our annual Black History Month lecture, featuring the trailblazing Womanist theologian, Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas.The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Ph.D. is currently the visiting professor o...

We're hosting Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas later this month! Yes, THE Kelly Brown Douglas - one of the most important living Womanist theologians.

I am actually beyond excited about this, so please sign up! Online at 7pm on the 28th Oct.

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In case you're curious. In the past, Mullally has supported

- LGBTQ+ rights
- Abortion rights
- The ordination of women (duh)
- Described herself as a feminist.

I'll say a big prayer for her future leadership and against her haters.

We're not. Hope that helps!