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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 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:22:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-j-jacobse-constantine-and-the-great-transformation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-j-jacobse-constantine-and-the-great-transformation/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:28:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9416 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 Institute just published my review of Peter J. Leithart’s Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom. It appears on their website and in the upcoming issue of Religion and Liberty. Source: Acton Institute | Rev. Johannes L. Jacobse Defending Constantine by Peter J. Leithart (IVP Academic, 2010) Reviewed by […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-j-jacobse-constantine-and-the-great-transformation/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/new-and-controversial-homosexuality-in-the-orthodox-church-just-published/ https://www.aoiusa.org/new-and-controversial-homosexuality-in-the-orthodox-church-just-published/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:01:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9184 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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From the Press Release: 12/2/2011 Controversial Book ‘Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church’ Published; Editor Justin R. Cannon Says Constant Focus on ‘Sex’ and ‘Sin’ Misguided Newly-published book “Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church” offers a brief overview of the experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans Christians in the life of the Orthodox Church, including personal […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/new-and-controversial-homosexuality-in-the-orthodox-church-just-published/feed/ 54 https://www.aoiusa.org/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-dark-ages-is-wrong/ https://www.aoiusa.org/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-dark-ages-is-wrong/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:26:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8829 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 Nancy Marie Brown | Source: Religion Dispatches The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages Nancy Marie Brown Basic Books (2010) What inspired you to write The Abacus and the Cross? I was introduced to The Scientist Pope through an act of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-dark-ages-is-wrong/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/two-articles-worth-your-time/ https://www.aoiusa.org/two-articles-worth-your-time/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:31:26 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7497 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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From the most recent First Things (and, surprisingly, online too): Robert P. George, God and Gettysburg Matthew J. Millner, The Desert Fathers: Finding a Greek Orthodox monastery against a stark Arizona backdrop. Oops, not available online. Read it the next time you are at Borders or B&N.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/two-articles-worth-your-time/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-rather-less-than-new-kind-of-christianity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-rather-less-than-new-kind-of-christianity/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:05:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5906 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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Here’s my latest review for the Oooze. You can find this review and others here. The critiques I’ve read of Brian McLaren’s new book A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith condemn it as heretical. Key to this judgment is that they all evaluate the book based on a canon […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-rather-less-than-new-kind-of-christianity/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-natural-law-theory/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-natural-law-theory/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:13:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5860 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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As some have argued here, the Church’s witness requires her to clearly articulate her anthropological vision.  The challenges that face both the Church and the larger society flow from competing visions of what it means to be human. The articulation of an Orthodox understanding of the human person is central to our moral witness in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-natural-law-theory/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/father-arseny-fact-or-fiction/ https://www.aoiusa.org/father-arseny-fact-or-fiction/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:31:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5795 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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Some of you may be aware that there is a discussion occurring asking whether Fr. Arseny actually existed as a real person or is he a literary creation. Dr. Peter Bouteneff in his podcast “Sweeter than Honey” examines this question in light of recent Soviet history, particularly how history was often erased in the Soviet […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/father-arseny-fact-or-fiction/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-interviewed-on-national-review-online/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-interviewed-on-national-review-online/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:35:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5543 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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Wesley J. Smith, noted author on human rights and occasional commentator on the AOI Blog was interviewed on National Review Online on his upcoming book, A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement. Smith discusses the difference between animal rights and animal welfare, human […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-interviewed-on-national-review-online/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/review-how-the-byzantines-saved-europe/ https://www.aoiusa.org/review-how-the-byzantines-saved-europe/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:10:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3192 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 Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies. Edited by Elizabeth Jeffreys, John Haldon, Robin Cormack. Oxford University Press (2008) Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin. Princeton University Press (2008) Ask the average college student to identify the 1,100 year old empire that was, at various points in its history, the political, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/review-how-the-byzantines-saved-europe/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-theological-roots-of-nazism-and-stalinism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-theological-roots-of-nazism-and-stalinism/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:10:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/2008/03/28/the-theological-roots-of-nazism-and-stalinism/ 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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