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Demography Links

Feb 13, 2014

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in Culture, Demography, Health and Medicine, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Business Insider: These Maps Show The Geography Of Interracial Marriage This map shows white and African American marriages. Go to the article to see maps for other ethnicities. 2. PBS: Study finds that divorce rate rises as economy improves … The divorce rate dipped from 2.09 percent to 1.95 percent between 2008 and 2009,…

Saturday Links

Jan 5, 2013

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in China, Christian Life, Culture, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Education, Emerging Church, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Saturday, Public Policy, Religion, Sports and Entertainment, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

1. Building Congregations Around Art Galleries and Cafes as Spirituality Wanes "… Although the number of evangelical churches in the United States declined for many years, the trend reversed in 2006, with more new churches opening each year since, according to the Leadership Network's most recent surveys. This wave of "church planting" has been highest…

Why Americans are becoming more pro-life

May 24, 2012

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in China, Culture, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Public Policy, Race, Trends: Social

Washington Post: Why Americans are becoming more pro-life … The polling shows that rather than embracing abortion with increasing gusto, Americans–especially young Americans–are rejecting it with increasing disgust, and not just for religious reasons. Why? First, the fetus has been humanized. Modern science has helped us to understand with intricate detail the amazing phenomenon that…

Abortion rates fall, except among poor women

May 24, 2011

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in Demography, Health and Medicine, Public Policy, Trends: Social

USA Today: Abortion rates fall, except among poor women Abortion rates fell among most groups of women from 2000 to 2008, but rose for those classified as poor, finds an analysis conducted by the non-profit Guttmacher Institute and published Monday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. The rate for poor women increased 18%, while the…

Oh, Those Irrational Liberals and Abortion

Dec 11, 2009

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in Politics, Public Policy

Five years ago, Thomas Frank wrote a book called What's the Matter With Kansas. One of his theses is that working-class conservative Religious Right voters vote against their own economic interests. Because of their strong commitment to opposing abortion and gay marriage, they vote with Republicans and against their economic interests. If only they would…

Abortion Politics and its Discontents

Nov 16, 2009

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in Ecclesia, Politics, Public Policy

New Yorker: Abortion Politics and its Discontents Last weekend, the House of Representatives passed a health-care-reform bill with an amendment sponsored by Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak restricting any of the new government-supported health-care options from covering abortion. Sixty-four Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the amendment. I spoke to Jon Shields, an assistant professor at…

Scrambled Eggs: Aborting a fetus because it’s not yours

Mar 20, 2009

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in Culture, Health and Medicine, Technology (Biotech & Health)

Slate: Scrambled Eggs: Aborting a fetus because it's not yours (HT: Scot McKnight) Would you abort a fetus just because it wasn't yours? The question sounds crazy. How could it not be yours? If it's in your body, you must be the mom, right? Wrong. Through in vitro fertilization, you can get pregnant with somebody…

Parliament approves hybrid embryos; abortion debate next

May 21, 2008

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in Public Policy, Science, Sociology, Theology

Catholic World News: Parliament approves hybrid embryos; abortion debate next London, May. 20, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The British Parliament has approved creation of "hybrid" embryos containing both human and animal tissue. By a vote of 336- 176, Parliament defeated a proposed amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill that would have banned research involving…

MEC: Abortion vs Global Warming Thought Experiment

Apr 19, 2008

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Environment, Human Progress, Politics, Public Policy, Series: Must Everything Change?, Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

We are coming to the end of this series on Everything Must Change. One final passage before I offer some reflections. In Chapter 33, McLaren engages in a curious thought experiment. He wants to highlight that the dominant world system gives us a curriculum that corrupts how we relate to the world. Ideologies of left…

Where Jim Wallis Stands

Apr 17, 2008

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in Christian Life, Gender and Sex, Politics, Public Policy

Christianity Today: Where Jim Wallis Stands The longtime activist on abortion, gay marriage, Iraq — and biblical orthodoxy. Jim Wallis wants you to know he's not a liberal. Yes, he's been a chief critic of the Religious Right since its inception, gave the Democratic weekly radio address after the 2006 midterm elections, and has been…

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