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Rev Liz Theoharis, Swami Agnivesh, Dr John Thatamanil in Conversation

November 9, 2018
What is the power of religion & human rights in building movements for justice in our world today? @liztheo, @swamiagnivesh, @JJT1 spoke @PeoplesForumNYC, hosted by the @Kairos_Center & @SadhanaHindus! Watch: https://youtu.be/OtcGVq53vEg
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"I encountered the real bedrock foundation of when I came across Arya Samaj...I grew into an activist."

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"In Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, this whole army of the priestly class, all around—there are a few exceptions—but this army of middle men are ever ready to mediate between mortals and God...This is opposed to what the prophets did." Watch:

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"I plunged into the liberation movements of the farmers, the poor—I tried to explore what was the real message of the . What was the concept of God? Does create a society of rich and poor? Or is this man-made?" Watch live:

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"I was taught from a young age that it wasn't possible to honor God without working for justice in the world here and now." in dialogue with Watch:

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"There isn't a week in my life doing this work that someone doesn't say that if wanted to end poverty God would do so...This wasn't only from conservatives, but from self-professed liberals." Watch live:

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"Saying God wants to end poverty was very challenging to mainline liberals as well as conservatives...This battle of theology has shown itself in my work over the decades and in many places around the world." Watch live:

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"I was taught that whenever you preach you also had to say something about social justice...That early commitment to justice was mediated to me both my my church and by my family." on the social justice tradition of Watch live:

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"My work intellectually is often about the integration of Hindu and Christian traditions...but more so now, how do we seek to privatize religion and cut it off from the public space?" Watch live:

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"Right now in India we're faced with a crisis we're not prepared for, because the right has been prepared since 1925, inspired by fascist forces in Europe...They want to imprison whoever disagrees with their view of ." Watch:

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Sadhana is honored to partner with to bring you this dialogue between , , and

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The important dialogue begins with and

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. quoting Dom Helder Camara: "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." Watch live:

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"Until men and women of faith take to politics in a more spiritual way...there's no way we can bring about real social transformation in the world." Watch live:

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"The notion that we can have so-called evangelicals in this society who are talking intolerance, taking people's healthcare away...How can folks pray for someone when that person is preying on the poor?" &

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"There's more people who die in the United States from and low wealth than cancer and heart attacks combined...This kind of violence is justified, upheld by a religious Christian nationalism." in dialogue with and

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"Violence and repression is at its height because the opportunity for those at the bottom to unite is also at its height." Watch live:

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"The forces of capitalism today are generating massive wealth inequalities...There's a kind of atomizing power in our economic practices, where the capacity to imagine ourselves as a collectivity is being compromised."

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"My traditional identities are what is called in 'conventional realities.' But under those are the mystery, the face of the other." in dialogue w/ &

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. on the structures that create : "We should call the bluff—these are artificially created and we don't accept them. Anything which divides us as a human family is unacceptable."

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"We should be absolutely clear about gender inequality. Gender inequality is unacceptable, nonnegotiable. Whoever is on this side of this line, we are together."

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. quoting Dr. King: "If the poor can be helped to take action together, they will do so with a freedom and a power that will be a new and unsettling force in our complacent national life...But not just our national life, our global life."

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"We require the resources of our spiritual traditions, and we have to reclaim our spiritual traditions. These insights come most clearly from those with the 'epistemological privilege of the poor.'"

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"Goddess born of the struggle of good and evil, guide us toward the light...in a world where abundance is possible, let us end hunger, poverty, and oppression." Thanks to , , , for joining us today !

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ICYMI, watch the full conversation between , , , and this morning at .

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