[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Joseph Mathews Talks

[Beret Griffith]

Thank you to all archive workers who pulled together the JWM Talks Project.

On Mon, May 8, 2023, 5:18 PM Karen Snyder via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Greetings to ICA and OE Dialogue Readers,
>
> Anyone who ever heard the Institute’s founder, Joseph Mathews, give a talk
> were impacted by both his content and delivery. Many of us had the
> privilege of hearing some of the most profound statements ever made about
> humanness, much in the context of Christianity. We are fortunate that our
> colleague John Epps and others made some of those talks available to us in
> the two volumes of *Bending History: Selected Talks of Joseph Mathews* available
> on Amazon.com
> <https://www.amazon.com/Bending-History-Selected-Joseph-Mathews/dp/0976389207/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MD033VA471U9&keywords=bending+history&qid=1683564096&sprefix=bending+history%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1>
> .
>
> As a representative of the team that has been working on the ICA Global
> Archives for several years, we are pleased to report that now about 180 of
> Joe’s talks have been scanned and are available on the Archives website,
> displayed in the chronological order in which he delivered them at:
> https://icaglobalarchives.org/jwm-talks/.
>
> These talks date from 1946 until his last talk about a month before he
> died on October 16, 1977. They include public talks to various
> organizations, addresses at major Institute events, and internal talks with
> just the staff. They range from his remarks before the US Senate on Fifth
> City, a commentary on the movie, Man of La Mancha, and his uncompleted
> doctoral dissertation on John Wesley.
>
> These talks are free for you to view and download. If you are inclined and
> appreciate what ICA has made available, please consider making a gift in
> Joe’s honor to continue to expand the ICA’s work by clicking HERE.
> <https://www.ica-usa.org/donate.html> Thank you.
>
> As I read the list of JWM's writings, I could see him demonstrating the
> New Social Vehicle and the New Religious Mode. He would talk about
> community and next he would engage in discussions about the spirit life,
> going back and forth between the two over the years. It appears these two
> dynamics were like a yin/yang, a singular unity for him.  I’d be interested
> in what reflections you have as you look at the list and begin reading some
> of his talks.
> Peace and love,
>
>
> Karen Snyder
> On behalf of the *ICA Global Archives Team*
> Ed Feldmanis, Alan Gammel, Beret Griffith, Laura Grover, Peter Grover,
> Debra Harris-Watson, Paul Noah, Wendell Refior, Vincent Scott, Jim Wiegel
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