The other day I unpacked Punk Theology a bit ,talking about some principles involved in it. Quick note here that Punk Theology is seperate to the Theology of Punk which was blogged at Never Mind the Bibles. I am not seeking to disect punk and look at the theology and practice flowing from it, rather [...]
Yesterday I gave a list of interesting people that I had found it useful to find out about, and who I actually think express the ideals of punk theology. They ranged from a 15th century priest to a twentieth century rock band and had a good few strong women inbetween. Between them I think their [...]
Lesson 1 is find out about your role models but don’t try to be them……be yourself, having learnt from their stories.
A few that I’ve found useful are:
Ignatius of Loyola
Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Olympia Brown and Anna Howard Shaw – see From Preachers to Suggragists by Beverly Zink-Sawyer
Dorothy Day
Nannie Helen Burroughs
George MacLeod
Billy Bragg
The Clash