Dr. Martin Accad: Apicultural Theology of Hope

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  For this episode we speak with Dr. Martin Accad about a theology of staying, how it's developed into a theology of hope and resistance and the ways in which it has manifested in his work as an urban beekeeper.

Martin Accad has a DPhil from the University of Oxford, UK. Formerly, he was the Chief Academic Officer at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Mansourieh, Lebanon. Dr. Accad is now the Director the Action Research Associates in Beirut. The vision of the ARA is “To see peace, reconciliation, and a new sense of the common good develop among the various communities of Lebanon.”

Urban Bees Beirut deals with honey production from three perspectives:

• An economic perspective, initiating urban honey production in Lebanon.
• An ecological perspective, surveying the environment of honey production and locations related to the ecological history of Lebanon in innovative ways.
• A normative perspective, protecting ecosystems and developing ecological awareness.

The blessing shared by Jan Richardson can be found here.

This episode was hosted and produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live & Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.