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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:22:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/information-creativity-and-surprise/ https://www.aoiusa.org/information-creativity-and-surprise/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 04:17:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13256 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/information-creativity-and-surprise/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/human-trafficking-enters-a-new-marketplace-organ-harvesting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/human-trafficking-enters-a-new-marketplace-organ-harvesting/#comments Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:48:34 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13063 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/human-trafficking-enters-a-new-marketplace-organ-harvesting/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-speakers-at-acton-university-2013-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-speakers-at-acton-university-2013-audio/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:53:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12807 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-speakers-at-acton-university-2013-audio/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/svs-poverty-conference-challenges-progressive-economic-ideas/ https://www.aoiusa.org/svs-poverty-conference-challenges-progressive-economic-ideas/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:03:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12724 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/svs-poverty-conference-challenges-progressive-economic-ideas/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-bishop-syrian-christians-facing-extermination/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-bishop-syrian-christians-facing-extermination/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:40:18 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12338 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-bishop-syrian-christians-facing-extermination/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/removing-metropolitan-jonah-hurt-the-american-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/removing-metropolitan-jonah-hurt-the-american-orthodox-church/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:10:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12134 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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– By Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse When the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) axed Metropolitan Jonah they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Mediocrity was the watchword. In the jurisdiction that has been steadily losing ground for twenty years, they rejected the man who displayed the necessary gifts to bring the Gospel as it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/removing-metropolitan-jonah-hurt-the-american-orthodox-church/feed/ 50 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-warns-on-demonic-roots-of-socialism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-warns-on-demonic-roots-of-socialism/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:45:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12009 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Institute | By John Couretas In Rome to address a conference sponsored by the Dignitatis Humanae Institute (Institute for Human Dignity) on June 29, Russian pro-life campaigner Alexey Komov expressed amazement for the support that socialism gets in some quarters in the West even though it has “never worked in world history.” In […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-warns-on-demonic-roots-of-socialism/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-end-america-the-hhs-mandates-threat-freedom/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-end-america-the-hhs-mandates-threat-freedom/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:57:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11927 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Institute The Obama’s Administration’s mandate requiring the Catholic Church to conform to government dictates on contraception and abortifacent drugs is more than a war on the Catholic Church argue Jennifer Roback Morse and Eric Metaxas. It’s a war on freedom. Eric Metaxas and Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse articulate the grave dangers of the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-end-america-the-hhs-mandates-threat-freedom/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-time-to-end-clergy-tax-breaks/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-time-to-end-clergy-tax-breaks/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:43:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10974 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Institute | Fr. Gregory Jensen Unless you are a member of the clergy or involved with the finances of a church or temple, you probably don’t know that since 1921 the federal government has subsidized a congregation’s remuneration of its pastor.  This happens through the extension of a housing or “parsonage allowance” that […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jensen-time-to-end-clergy-tax-breaks/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/john-couretas-protect-the-poor-not-poverty-programs/ https://www.aoiusa.org/john-couretas-protect-the-poor-not-poverty-programs/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:42:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10677 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Institute | By John Couretas One of the disturbing aspects of the liberal/progressive faith campaign known as the Circle of Protection is that its organizers have such little regard – indeed are blind to — the innate freedom of the human person. Their campaign, which has published “A Statement on Why We Need […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/john-couretas-protect-the-poor-not-poverty-programs/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/understanding-rand/ https://www.aoiusa.org/understanding-rand/#respond Tue, 17 May 2011 12:20:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10009 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The critical tension between Rand and Christian theology is on human worth. Christians affirm the inherent and very high value of individuals because of their creation in the image of God. Rand values human beings only for their achievements. Source: Acton Institute By Hunter Baker Christians have a deep ambivalence about Ayn Rand that probably […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/understanding-rand/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/acton-institute-alinsky-for-dummies/ https://www.aoiusa.org/acton-institute-alinsky-for-dummies/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:51:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7386 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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For those who don’t know how Saul Alinsky influenced some of our current political and cultural leaders, listen to this primer on Alinsky held a few months back at the Acton Institute. Alinsky’s methodology came of age in the 1960’s and 1970’s and has been institutionalized especially in the academy and the cultural left where […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/acton-institute-alinsky-for-dummies/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/fundamentalism-its-not-just-for-right-wing-christians-anymore/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fundamentalism-its-not-just-for-right-wing-christians-anymore/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:49:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5855 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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On the Acton Institute’s PowerBlog, John Couretas has a good post (Got a feelin’ of Eco-Justice?) response to “the cascading daily disclosures of Climategate . . . global warming alarmist operating within the progressive/liberal precincts of churches and their activist organizations” have taken to dismissing science and playing ” the theology card!” After reading what […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fundamentalism-its-not-just-for-right-wing-christians-anymore/feed/ 28 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-and-religious-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-and-religious-liberty/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:57:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=489 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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My interview with Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol was published today in The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty quarterly. Our talk focused on the prospects for greater economic and religious liberty in Turkey. Mustafa blogs at The White Path. Excerpt: Let’s talk about religious freedom. There’s a great tension between the modern secularist path of Turkey, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-and-religious-liberty/feed/ 0