Listening to the land: eco-rooted activism at the Charis community in Charlottesville, Virginia

The Charis Community is an intentional community on Episcopal Church property founded in 2014 in Charlottesville, Virginia. What began as a modest agrarian ministry on six acres of land grew into a powerful ministry of antiracist and antifascist community organizing through the white supremacist Uni...

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Subtitles:Special issue on "All Things Hold Together: Intersections in Creation Care"
Main Author: Aheron, Grace (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2021
In: Anglican theological review
Year: 2021, Volume: 103, Issue: 2, Pages: 186-195
Further subjects:B Antiracism
B Intentional Community
B Intersectionality
B Permaculture
B antifascism
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Summary:The Charis Community is an intentional community on Episcopal Church property founded in 2014 in Charlottesville, Virginia. What began as a modest agrarian ministry on six acres of land grew into a powerful ministry of antiracist and antifascist community organizing through the white supremacist Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Through telling the story of Charis, I argue that our land-based ministry necessarily drew us into fighting many forms of systemic oppression. As we grew closer to the land and grew in our understanding of our stewardship of the land, the stories the land held - stories of oppression and resilience - shaped our vocation of fighting for justice.
ISSN:2163-6214
Contains:Enthalten in: Anglican theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00033286211007422