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Naked to Follow: Humility as Ego-Detachment Part 3
No full textSession 6 of 8 in the 33rd Monastic Institute series “Humility: Paradoxical Pathway to Union with God.”
Speaker bio: Monk of Tarrawarra Abbey, Australia. After completing a degree in Scripture at Leuven, he received his doctorate from Melbourne College of Divinity for a study of desire for God in the writings of Bernard of Clairvaux. For the past decades he has been engaged in exploring different aspects of monastic spirituality, writing, and giving conferences throughout the English-speaking monastic world. His latest books are: Coenobium: Reflections on Monastic Community (Collegeville: Cistercian, 2021). A Vision for Renewal: The Social teaching of Pope Francis (Strathfield: St Pauls, 2022). To Love this Earthly Life: Pathways through Ecclesiastes (New York: Orbis, 2022). Coenobium: Reflections on Monastic Community (Liturgical Press, 2021
Author Heid E. Erdrich: A Reading and a Conversation (LAI)
No full textThe Literary Arts Institute presents author and interdisciplinary artist, Heid Erdrich, a week-long writer-in-residence. Heid will read from her work, followed by a Q&A with the audience moderated by LAI associate director, Rachel Marston.Heid E. Erdrich is the author of seven collections of poetry. Her writing has won fellowships and awards from the National Poetry Series, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Bush Foundation, Loft Literary Center, First People’s Fund, and other honors. She has twice won a Minnesota Book Award for poetry. Heid edited the 2018 anthology New Poets of Native Nations from Graywolf Press which won an American Book Award. Her most recent poetry collection, Little Big Bully, won the Balcones Prize. Heid grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota and is Ojibwe enrolled at Turtle Mountain
Democracy, Citizen Participation and Peace Economics in Kenya: Interrogating the Social Change Processes
Get PDFWhile to a large extent many Africans come out to vote, in most cases, electoral periods have turned out to be the most significant threats to the stability of a country. This article interrogates the extent to which democratic practice in Kenya is meeting people’s expectation and whether it contributes to the economic wellbeing and peace stability of the country. The research applied a cross-sectional research design and interviewed 102 respondents from 6 counties: Nairobi (capital city), Kisumu (western region), Uasin Gichu (Rift Valley region), Mombasa (coastal region), Turkana (northern region) and Kwale (coastal region). The study shows that most respondents appreciate the fact that the country has made good democratic progress over the years, particularly after the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution that institutes more freedoms and socio-political accountability. The majority of the respondents equally held the opinion that democratic processes have not been able to adequately improve the quality of their life. The study indicates that economic prosperity is closely linked to peace sustainability, and subsequent appreciation for democracy. However, there was a general appreciation for the economic progress that has been made so far. This finding is significant, particularly because respondents held high regard and expectation for the devolved system of governance instituted by the 2010 Constitution, which allowed for the formation of 47 counties that directly receive funds from the central government for regional development. There has been positive progress in the enhancement of economic wellbeing of the citizen through improved road networks, education and health services as well as diverse economic opportunities such as employment, businesses and agricultural projects at the county level. Besides, the fact that citizens were now able to choose their own county governors, senators and members of county assemblies (MCAs) meant that they had an upper leverage in deciding the destiny of their counties. The 2010 constitution equally demands citizen participation in all aspects of governance and development in the country. This has taken democratic progress to a different level. Hence, addressing corruption, economic integration and citizen prosperity, ethnicization of politics and transparency in electoral processes is key to the success of democracy in Kenya
Review Essay: A Contribution to the Debates about Law, Non-violence, and the Struggle for Democracy
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Dr Siyabulela Mandela: Global Youth Activism
No full textDr. Siyabulela Mandela, the great-grandson of Nelson Mandela, will be at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University from March 20 to April 20 through a residency sponsored by The Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement and the Multicultural Center at CSB and SJU.
Mandela – or Madiba as he likes to be called – is a humanitarian, scholar and youth activist. He is currently a regional project manager for east and southern Africa at Journalists for Human Rights (JHR). Mandela holds an M.Phil. in Conflict Transformation and Management and a Ph.D. in International Relations and Conflict Resolution from the Department of Politics and History at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. Mandela has deep connections to social justice movements across the world like his grandfather, the late former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner
