![]() In the second part, I discuss with Anna Eng why the dialogue is drawn on by community organizers to teach democratic politics and how she uses the dialog in trainings. In the first part of this episode, I discuss with Jed Atkins Thucydides’ understanding of politics, how he has shaped the history of political thought, and the context for him writing "The History of the Peloponnesian War." We then focus on a passage from "The History" known as the Athenian-Melian dialog, reflecting together on the ways this dialogue frames the relationship between power and politics. Through a series of conversations with folk who live and breathe the work of organizing, this series looks at democracy as not first and foremost about a system of government, or set of laws, or an ideology but as rooted in three things: The Listen, Organize, Act! Podcast focuses on the history and contemporary practice of community organizing and democratic politics.Īlongside this main focus, the podcast also explores two questions: 1) how organizing connects democracy and religion, particularly at a local congregational level and 2) how organizing embodies a distinctive vision and practice of democratic politics, one that seeks to embody, struggle for, and protect the shared flourishing of all. ![]() Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral & Political Theology at Duke Divinity School and a Senior Fellow of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and developed in collaboration with the Industrial Areas Foundation. ![]() It is hosted and facilitated by Luke Bretherton, Robert E. The Listen, Organize, Act! Podcast is sponsored by a Community Ethics Collaboration grant from Duke’s Kenan Institute for Ethics.
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