It is no secret I am an apologist for liberal/ progressive/ liberation/ radical/ deconstructivist theologies and take a postmodernist approach to understanding texts. I claim to be a follower of the teaching ascribed to Jesus by the authors of the synoptic gospels. Political opinions define me as a democratic socialist. Taken together they lead me to seek to support, however inadequately, individuals at point of need and to campaign for systemic change to secure social justice.
In an earlier post I noted there is only so much an individual can achieve on their own. It is essential to work in concert with like-minded individuals. This may be by joining one or more of the following: a faith organisation, a political party, a trade union, a campaigning organisation, a secular charity, a community interest company, a co-operative such as a credit union. A person joining an organisation may not subscribe fully to all its aims, objectives, policies, activities thus having to compromise for what they perceive as the greater good, but seek to keep one's integrity intact.
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