Ahhh, we’re falling over doing good. Read confessions of a charity fundraiser; why photos of starving people still work; and, this just in, the All New BS Detector.
In this issue we’re focusing on the way words and images are used in the realms of faith and good causes.
We start by looking at ways in which faith organizations, social change movements and NGOs sometimes slide their words and images down a slope toward deception and manipulation.
Then we move into a greyish zone, where pros and cons are aired openly, where conclusions are not offered on a platter and where no one is trying to sneak into the back door of your consciousness to get to your wallet. The colour grey is not always the best — there’s a time to speak with single-minded passion and conviction — but the honesty and humility required by the grey zone seems to be in short supply these days.
Finally, we offer a diversity of ways to move away from slick, prescriptive, agenda-laden use if words and images toward a more imaginative, liberating and honest discourse.
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The 'war on cancer'
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The ethics of slick
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Changing the story of change
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Join the revolution
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Hope: Crutch or inspiration?
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Come on, a washable Bible?
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Good design
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Make a difference TODAY!: Reflections of a fundraiser
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Religious satire: Path to truth or smug peanut gallery
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A good kind of slippery: From skeptical to reparative reading
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The space for poetry
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Hot pop feminist mag
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On watching good bad movies
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The ethics of vision: Photojournalism and human rights
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Liturgical language as antidote to consumerist chaos
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Complicity in the cycle of poverty
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Sympathy for the poverty peddler
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Leaving the garden
20 - pt1: Too slick for their own good
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The 'Other' problem is deep
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How to watch a documentary
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why does life seem so small
31 - pt2: The rigour of the grey
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Abdul Ali
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Blessed are the poor... and the rich
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Posing as progressive: The problem with PC
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The more politically correct, the better
41 - pt3: Responding to spin
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The temptation of truth
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