Summer 2022: Laurie Johnson will offer a Seminar on Christian Anarchism. All proceeds from this course after fees are paid will go to support the mission of MORTC/Blue Valley Greens organic farm in Kansas City, MO.
To enroll in this course on MORTC’s in Kansas City’s store, go to their Square site. Friends of MORTC, use the coupon code CA Early Bird to receive $25 off.
To enroll in this course using Eventbrite, go to the Intro Christian Anarchism page on Eventbrite. Friends of the Maurin Academy (everyone reading this), use coupon code PPHQ on Eventbrite to receive $25 off the ticket price.
This course will also be on sale soon at UFM (University for Man) in Manhattan, KS!
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Here is a brief description of the plan for the course:
Introduction to Christian Anarchism
This course will be taught live on Zoom on Saturdays 1-2:30 p.m. Central Time from May 28 to June 25. The five sessions will center on these themes: 1. basics of Christian anarchism, 2. Christian anarchism confronts the state, 3. the strategy of non-violence, 4. praxis 1: selected history of utopian Christian communities 5. praxis 2: Catholic Worker vs. the church. Students will receive a link to readings they can do ahead of class if they want to, but reading is not required. Some of the authors featured will be Peter Chelčický, Leo Tolstoy, Jacques Ellul, Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, William T. Cavanaugh, Eugene McCarraher, Nicolas Berdyaev, and selections from the Bible. Dr. Johnson will lecture for 45 minutes to an hour and leave at least a half hour for questions and discussion from participants. Participants can chat throughout and will also have the option to join a Slack group for further discussion with each other. Students who cannot make the live sessions will be provided access to recordings to watch at their leisure.
Dr. Laurie M Johnson is a Professor of Political Science at K-State and runs the Political Philosophy YouTube channel. This is her second independent summer seminar (the first was on Distributism). For more information, visit pmaurin.org and political-philosophy.com.
Political Philosophy 