SPRING PROPOSAL FOR A THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT ON GAZA I would like to propose that some part of our faculty meet toward forging a collective theological statement of our Christian faith that speaks to the crises of our times. I know we are busy & U and feeling end-of-academic-year pressures. But I want to ask about […]
[click on the above image for fuller display. photo by Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin in BRICKS magazine] BOGOTÁ DECLARATION 2009 FAITH AND RESISTANCE FOR PEACE AND LIFE IN THE AGE OF U.S./GLOBAL EMPIRE With the powers of dance, music, testimonies and prayers, and enriched by multiple analyses, we Colombian peoples’ movements, and international delegates in solidarity, issue […]
From Professor Mark L. Taylor, Theology Department, PTS, January 14, 2024 With this note I make appeal to Princeton Seminary’s Faculty Executive Council (FEC). I request that the FEC begin to take steps towards organizing the faculty toward the making of a Collective Faculty Statement to be completed and issued to the public as soon […]
click on above logo/image, used by permission from the Corporate Accountability Lab By Mark Lewis Taylor After considerable efforts that I detail below I now believe that Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) needs a new Chairperson of its Board of Trustees. We need one who will be proactive in representing our community’s goals of investment transparency […]
by Mark Lewis Taylor It was on the streets of Guatemala City in 1987 when I began awakening to Israel’s partnership with the USA in facilitating genocide. Today we are “seeing genocide” – a decades long cumulative “genocidal condition” being played out, as Israeli Modern Culture and Media Professor, Ariella Aisha Azoulay argues. We see it in […]
By Mark Lewis Taylor Click on above photo, from The Times of Israel with caption: Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, head of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) (right) and IDF chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, visit the Israeli Navy’s elite Shayetet 13 commando unit, April 27, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces) There is probably nothing more important for […]
See also my recent essay, “Trumpism and Césaire’s ‘Terrible Boomerang Effect’“ Jan 6, 2021 – Letter to Students in My Courses on White Supremacism and Social Justice -by Professor Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary PHOTO ABOVE RIGHT: At the Lincoln Memorial during ongoing protests against police brutality and the death of George Floyd. (Win Mcnamee/Getty Images) […]
INTRODUCTION […]
by Mark Lewis Taylor Over the years and recently again, I have found it necessary to explain why I consider my political advocacy and work for Mumia Abu-Jamal to be integral to my professional work. I even dedicated my last published book to Mumia Abu-Jamal. I am grateful to a former Dean many years ago […]
Mark Lewis Taylor This essay first appeared in CounterPunch on November 5, 2018. Look deeply into the violence on display today in the United States and we will see more than just generalized “hate.” We are not suffering only from disrespectful discourse or some deficiency in liberal civility. On the contrary, today’s hate has a certain structure. […]