Bayard Rustin
What injustice was Rustin responding to?
Racial segregation
What is the technique that Fr. Broderick taught us that is a technique to help him understand the Bible?
Sanctified Imagination
What is the concept about seeing God in the ordinary that Rabbi Ruttenberg taught us about?
Radical Amazement
What is the concept called for how God cares in particular for people on the margins of society?
Preferential option for the poor
What holy practice did Thich teach us about?
Meditation
What was Rustin's protest that led to his arrest?
Sitting in the front of the bus during the Civil Rights movement to protest an unjust law
Explain how you use Sanctified Imagination to understand stories in the Bible
Place yourself in the text of the Bible and ask questions that aren't directly answered in the text
What animal was Rabbi Ruttenberg amazed by?
Ants
What kind of teaching of theology did Gustavo preach and write about?
Liberation Theology (idea that advocating for the vulnerable imitates the work of Jesus)
What religion did Thich practice?
Bhuddism
What term did Rustin use to describe people who work peacefully for justice and change?
Angelic troublemakers
What made Fr. Broderick a Holy Troublemaker?
He pushed against a fixed / distant reading of the Bible to understand how Jesus responded with compassion and promoted justice.
What would she talk to at night, which she said was a good listener?
Gutierrez believed we should not only serve the individuals facing poverty, but also...?
Work to change the unjust systems that create conditions of poverty
Why was Thich exiled from Vietnam?
Refusing to support the war efforts and leading the nonviolence movement
Bayard Rustin worked closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. but why don't we hear more about him in the story of the Civil Rights movement?
He was often not included in history books or forced into the background because he was gay.
In which Bible stories did we practice using Sanctified Imagination?
The Calling of the First Disciples ("fishers for men") and The Good Samaritan
Which Bible stories did we read on the retreat during which we practiced radical amazement?
The empty tomb and road to Emmaus
How do we see a preferential option for the poor in the Bible?
Many options here. e.g. Jesus healing the ten lepers, the woman at the well, Jesus healing the blind man, etc.
How did Thay believe people can overcome suffering?
By responding with compassion and finding inner peace