Tag: Acton Institute
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Information, Creativity, and Surprise
My review of Gilder’s book published by the Acton Institute follows these preliminary comments. I believe that the book Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World is indeed revolutionary. Author George Gilder is first an economist so this book, which he sees as the culmination of his…
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Human Trafficking Enters A New Marketplace: Organ Harvesting
This is unadulterated evil, a new slavery where the strong prey on the weak. Source: Acton Institute Power Blog |Elise Hilton There have been whispers of it before, but now it has been confirmed: trafficking humans in order to harvest organs. The Telegraph is reporting that an underage Somali girl was smuggled into Britain with…
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![Orthodox Speakers at Acton University – 2013 [Audio]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/acton-institute-logo.png)
Orthodox Speakers at Acton University – 2013 [Audio]
Acton University is a unique, four-day exploration of the intellectual foundations of a free society. Guided by a distinguished international faculty, Acton University is an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and integrate rigorous philosophy, Christian theology, and sound economics. At this year’s event, the following Orthodox speakers were featured: Fr. Gregory Jensen, Fr. Michael Butler…
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![SVS Poverty Conference Challenges Progressive Economic Ideas [AUDIO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/svs-logo-150x150.png)
SVS Poverty Conference Challenges Progressive Economic Ideas [AUDIO]
Challenging the Progressive Captivity of Orthodoxy in America The St. Vladimir’s Seminary Conference on Poverty held during the last weekend of May, 2013 may portend a loosening of the Progressive grip on Orthodox thinking about morality and culture in America. Let’s face it: the Orthodox contribution to American cultural discourse has been meager, often swept…
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Russian Orthodox Bishop: Syrian Christians Facing ‘Extermination’
Over at the Acton Institute blog, John Couretas writes about his recent interview with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, about increasing Christian persecution around the world. One focus was the mid-east where the Western “Arab Spring” policy has in fact unleashed a torrent of…