RT @nick_routledge: @AimeTim Odd, isn't it, how oblivious moderns are to the fact that ancient English liberation theology found actual ground, brief though it was, as a massive eco-social project coalescing around dynamics essentially distinguishing the radical indigeneity of messianic political reality.
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Geran, you were right. The Diggers Song was composed in 1649 by Gerrard Winstanley, the English religious reformer, political philosopher and activist during his efforts taking on the 'enclosures' movement - the process of fencing off common land and turning it into private property for the sole of use of individual owners (and their tenants) and, by so doing, depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Winstanley's critique, fundamentally Christian, was rooted in ancient English radical thought going back at least to the days of the Peasants' revolt in 1381 in which the English priest, John Ball, played a prominent role. Ball was executed: Winstanley lived.
The English band Chumawamba ecorded a version of this song on their album English Rebel Songs 1381-1914. Simply astounding to me, at just how modern the themes and concerns expressed in the Diggers Song remain.
[https://mainlynorfolk.info/leon.rosselson/songs/thediggerssong.html]](/media/1861799833385980299-GdZxE2raMAAcfSJ.jpg)
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Facebook post, May 11, 2014. Geran, you were right. The Diggers Song was composed in 1649 by Gerrard Winstanley, the English religious reformer, political philosopher and activist during his efforts taking on the 'enclosures' movement - the process of fencing off common land and turning it into private property for the sole of use of individual owners (and their tenants) and, by so doing, depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Winstanley's critique, fundamentally Christian, was rooted in ancient English radical thought going back at least to the days of the Peasants' revolt in 1381 in which the English priest, John Ball, played a prominent role. Ball was executed: Winstanley lived. The English band Chumawamba ecorded a version of this song on their album English Rebel Songs 1381-1914. Simply astounding to me, at just how modern the themes and concerns expressed in the Diggers Song remain. [mainlynorfolk.info/leon.rosselson/songs/thediggerssong.html]
![Facebook post, May 11, 2014.
Geran, you were right. The Diggers Song was composed in 1649 by Gerrard Winstanley, the English religious reformer, political philosopher and activist during his efforts taking on the 'enclosures' movement - the process of fencing off common land and turning it into private property for the sole of use of individual owners (and their tenants) and, by so doing, depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Winstanley's critique, fundamentally Christian, was rooted in ancient English radical thought going back at least to the days of the Peasants' revolt in 1381 in which the English priest, John Ball, played a prominent role. Ball was executed: Winstanley lived.
The English band Chumawamba ecorded a version of this song on their album English Rebel Songs 1381-1914. Simply astounding to me, at just how modern the themes and concerns expressed in the Diggers Song remain.
[https://mainlynorfolk.info/leon.rosselson/songs/thediggerssong.html]](/media/1861799833385980299-GdZxE2sb0AAtoMC.jpg)
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Facebook post, May 11, 2014. Geran, you were right. The Diggers Song was composed in 1649 by Gerrard Winstanley, the English religious reformer, political philosopher and activist during his efforts taking on the 'enclosures' movement - the process of fencing off common land and turning it into private property for the sole of use of individual owners (and their tenants) and, by so doing, depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Winstanley's critique, fundamentally Christian, was rooted in ancient English radical thought going back at least to the days of the Peasants' revolt in 1381 in which the English priest, John Ball, played a prominent role. Ball was executed: Winstanley lived. The English band Chumawamba ecorded a version of this song on their album English Rebel Songs 1381-1914. Simply astounding to me, at just how modern the themes and concerns expressed in the Diggers Song remain. [mainlynorfolk.info/leon.rosselson/songs/thediggerssong.html]
@RNS @NWirzba If rude facts hereabouts hold a lesson, it's likely the truth, sharp as a dentist's probe, that 'just vote' is liberal for 'thoughts and prayers' and, similarly, that hopeful religion and political science are core drivers of, as distinct from solutions to, the global polycrisis.
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Copy of tweet here: and James 2:17: "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." Jim Wallis: "Jesus didn’t say, “Blessed are the peace-lovers.” He said, “peace-makers.” Italian proverb: "It is not enough to aim. You must hit."