Month: November 2021
Redeeming the Past
by Daniel
The names “Plessy” and “Ferguson” are linked, seemingly forever, in American legal history. Homer Plessy, a resident of New Orleans, bought a first-class ticket for a train from New Orleans to Covington. He sat in a car reserved for White passengers. The conductor ordered him to move to a different car because he was of “mixed descent:” 7/8 “Caucasian” and 1/8 “African,” as the … Read More Redeeming the Past
Richard Hooker, Humanist Saint
by Daniel
Wednesday was the feast day in the Anglican Communion for the author Richard Hooker. Not the author of the novel MASH, but of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, which (the last time I looked) has not been made into a movie or television series. But perhaps it should. Richard Hooker the theologian has a good deal to say to us. Hooker lived in a time … Read More Richard Hooker, Humanist Saint
justice and mercy 