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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, 10 Aug 2011 22:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 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/christians-for-a-sustainable-economy-take-on-jim-wallis-and-progressive-christians/ https://www.aoiusa.org/christians-for-a-sustainable-economy-take-on-jim-wallis-and-progressive-christians/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:43:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10491 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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In response to Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourner’s Magazine and leader of the Christian wing of Progressive activism, several conservative Christians gathered recently to form the Christians for a Sustainable Economy (CASE). We intend to counter what we see as the unjustified and irresponsible appropriation of the authority and vocabulary of the Christian moral tradition […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/christians-for-a-sustainable-economy-take-on-jim-wallis-and-progressive-christians/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/rev-robert-j-sirico-the-church-as-the-bride-of-caesar/ https://www.aoiusa.org/rev-robert-j-sirico-the-church-as-the-bride-of-caesar/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:58:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10466 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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Rev. Robert J. Sirico, president of the Acton Institute criticizes Rev. Jim Wallis, the founder of Sojourner’s Magazine. Wallis, the “self-appointed chaplain to the Democratic National Committee” as Sirico calls him, was recently revealed to be taking money from George Soros, a charge he denied at first but was finally forced to confirm as more […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/rev-robert-j-sirico-the-church-as-the-bride-of-caesar/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/wallis-colson-conviction-and-civility/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wallis-colson-conviction-and-civility/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:55:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9030 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: Christianity Today | By Jim Wallis and Chuck Colson We should not lose this moment for moral reflection and renewal. We are both evangelical Christians who believe that our treatment of the poor, weak, and most vulnerable is how a society is best biblically measured. Yet we usually find ourselves at opposite poles politically […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wallis-colson-conviction-and-civility/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/jim-wallis-and-the-soros-connection/ https://www.aoiusa.org/jim-wallis-and-the-soros-connection/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:16:18 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7531 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 years I’ve been critical of Jim Wallis, the self-styled “prophetic voice” (his term) of Progressive politics in the American public square. “Prophetic voice” is a term that borrows from the Christian moral lexicon to lend moral authority and offer religious cover to secular Progressive ideology. Wallis operates in the mold of the National Council […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/jim-wallis-and-the-soros-connection/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/prophet-jim-wallis-explains-the-doctrine-of-coercive-repentance/ https://www.aoiusa.org/prophet-jim-wallis-explains-the-doctrine-of-coercive-repentance/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:16:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6566 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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More Wallis dressing redistributionism in Christian garb. ++++++++++++++ By John Couretas. Source: Acton Institute In a new column on Sojourners, Prophet Jim Wallis reveals that Wall Street financiers are coming to him for confession, sometimes skulking along darkened streets to hide their shame: Some come like Nicodemus – a religious leader who came to talk […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/prophet-jim-wallis-explains-the-doctrine-of-coercive-repentance/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/prophet-jim-wallis-and-the-ecclesia-of-economic-ignorance/ https://www.aoiusa.org/prophet-jim-wallis-and-the-ecclesia-of-economic-ignorance/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:32:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6372 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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Wallis poses as a centrist but his economic prescriptions are hard-left with lots of self-congratulatory “prophetic” moralizing thrown in. +++++++++++++++++++ By John Couretas. Acton Institute This class of the very poor – those who are just on the borders of pauperism or fairly over the borders – is rapidly growing. Wealth is increasing very fast; […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/prophet-jim-wallis-and-the-ecclesia-of-economic-ignorance/feed/ 33