Could it be that seeing through the false claims of the power of the one percent, exposed by the Occupy movement, not only makes us better communities but also better theologians?

via Theology at the Service of Humanity | Syndicate.

I rarely quote the final sentence of an article in my highlighting/linking to a piece,  but this one obviously stuck out and represents for me a key theological point for OccupyReligion (and for OccupyTheology).  The FALSE CLAIMS ofthe 1%,  which is the economic power (and as a result,  an ideological power,  through its efforts to spread its narrative in media, education, and politics) which is the dominant and prevailing power in America (Walter Wink’s “The Powers” series comes to mind).

To call this into question and to come together in alternative structures  (such as the Occupy gatherings and camps,  as well as the subsequent efforts after the destruction of the physical camps)  is that enduring question about community and how we are ,  as a church,  meant to embody community as The Kingdom of God.

(The quote was from Joerg’s response to a review of Occupy Religion by Kelly Johnson,  linked above,  and well worth the read.)