scholarly journals Verset teen mag: Die pelgrim se reis in drie ‘Sondergut’ gelykenisse in Lukas 15 en 16

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andries G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Master Narratives ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Dominant Ideologies ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Martin Luther King

Resistance against power: The pilgrim’s journey in three Sondergut parables in Luke 15 and 16. The aim of this essay is to explain the philosophical viewpoints of Michel Foucault concerning the power of knowledge and its consequences when individuals are subjectified into ‘docile bodies’. According to this perspective, resistance against power commences when the little stories of individuals are told in opposition to the master narratives of ideologies of power. The essay refers to Steve Biko and Martin Luther King whose stories of resistance against racism as an ideology of power serve as examples. Their examples of resistance are hermeneutically and heuristically applied to the interpretation of the parables in Luke 15 and 16. These parables are peculiar to Luke’s theology. The essay exposes the subjectifying of the identities of the ‘lost son’ and ‘father’, the ‘master’ and ‘steward’, and the ‘rich man’ and the ‘poor man’, as these heteronormative categories occur in parabolic stories in Luke 15 and 16. The essay concludes with a vision for Christians today on how to recognise power relationships and how to respond in a non-violent way to the dominant ideologies promoting power.

The Chicano

2019 ◽  
pp. 219-248
Author(s):  
Lorena Oropeza
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Chicano Movement ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor People's Campaign ◽  
Martin Luther King

The massive news coverage of the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse Raid catapulted Reies López Tijerina to the national civil rights stage almost instantly but only briefly. In the wake of the raid, Chicano movement participants felt empowered by his insistence that Spanish-speakers had a historic claim to the American Southwest. Soon he enjoyed invitations from Martin Luther King, Jr. to participate in the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. For a short while, he also benefited from the advice of Maria Varela, a veteran civil rights activist. Yet in D.C. during the Poor People’s Campaign, the glare of publicity also exposed his autocratic tendencies and massive ego. Thrilled by the post-raid attention, Tijerina’s aspirations only grew. He eagerly spoke of moving beyond the land-rights agenda of the the Alianza Federal de Mercedes, the organization he had led since 1963.

Daring to Lead

Worldview ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Author(s):  
Andrew Young
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Martin Luther King

We who have dared associate ourselves with the cause of “the least of these,” our brethren around the world, those of us who, by circumstance or choice, find ourselves in sympathy with the struggling aspirations of the poor, the moans and cries of the oppressed, the pain and suffering of the diseased, know that somehow we on this earth have got to learn to live together as brothers.Many of us learned these lessons at the side of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We saw how things happened to him. One of the reasons that 1 am able to be involved at the United Nations is because of the inspiration I drew from the association with Dr. King and the strength and understanding I saw him draw from ordinary people and the people who strengthened him to carry on.

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