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Religion Links

Nov 27, 2013

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in Christian Life, Ecclesia, History, Links – Religion, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Trends: Social

1. A federal Judge Declares Tax Exclusion For Clergy Housing Payments Unconstitutional. Peter Reilly makes the economic and legal case for preserving the exclusion, In Defense Of Special Tax Treatment For Clergy: … Section 107 is best analyzed by reviewing the historical context surrounding the development of Section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code, the…

Science and Technology Links

Nov 26, 2013

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in Environment, Health and Medicine, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. The Cultural Cognition Project The Cultural Cognition Project is a group of scholars interested in studying how cultural values shape public risk perceptions and related policy beliefs. Cultural cognition refers to the tendency of individuals to conform their beliefs about disputed matters of fact (e.g., whether global warming is a serious threat; whether the…

Science and Technology Links

Nov 12, 2013

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in Environment, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. 10 common scientific misconceptions Did you grow up believing in any of these science myths? From baby birds to flushing toilets, we debunk common 'facts' that are often just a form of misconstrued science. 2. Inventions that were going to change the world – but didn’t Every new invention is supposed to be the…

Incubating women’s businesses in the Palestinian territories

Oct 31, 2012

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in Business, Economic Development, Gender and Sex, Microenterprise, Poverty

Christian Science Monitor: Incubating women's businesses in the Palestinian territories Tomorrow’s Youth Organization based in Nablus, on the West Bank, helps promising new women's businesses survive. … TYO’s Women’s Incubation Services for Entrepreneurs (WISE) brought back six businesses that had developed a foundation from their initial women’s entrepreneurship program—Fostering Women Entrepreneurs in Nablus, and recruited…

The hundred years’ war: The Arabs and Israel

Jan 9, 2009

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in International Affairs

The Economist: The hundred years' war: The Arabs and Israel How growing rejectionism, the rise of religion, a new military doctrine and a new cold war keep peace at bay. WITH luck, the destructive two-week battle between Israel and Hamas may soon draw to an end. But how long before the century-long war between Arabs…

Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs

Nov 20, 2008

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in History

Reuters: Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) – An Israeli archaeologist said on Wednesday he had unearthed what he believed were the 2,000-year-old remains of two tombs which had held a wife and daughter-in-law of the biblical King Herod. Other findings announced by Ehud Netzer of Jerusalem's Hebrew University provided…

The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity

Aug 29, 2007

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Socialism

New York Times: The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity KIBBUTZ YASUR, Israel — For much of Israel’s existence, the kibbutz embodied its highest ideals: collective labor, love of the land and a no-frills egalitarianism. But starting in the 1980s, when socialism was on a global downward spiral and the country was mired in hyperinflation,…

Theology and Economics: Israel and the Coming Shalom

Feb 27, 2006

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in Eschatology, Series: Theology and Economics, Theology

God's mission is renewal of shalom. What will this age of shalom look like? The vision was unveiled over time. First, I will look at the Old Testament vision of the coming age and then turn to the New Testament vision. God had promised Abraham that "…in you all the families of the earth shall…

Jacob’s “Safe” Option

Jul 12, 2005

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in Series: Disillusion – Hebrew Testament (Series)

The next scene in Jacob's life is his encounter with Esau. He was relieved that Esau had welcomed him, but he resisted Esau's attempts to hurry Jacob along the journey home and declined an offer of men to help. Jacob was now free to continue his journey. He could fulfill his vow to return to…

Jacob or Israel

Jul 11, 2005

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in Disillusion, Series: Disillusion – Hebrew Testament (Series), Theology

The same night as Jacob's prayer at Penuel, Jacob had yet another encounter with God. Gen 32:22-32 NRSV 22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and…

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