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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 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:50:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1443 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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Our culture is at a crossroad about the value of human life, argues author and human rights activist Wesley J. Smith in an interview with Kevin Allen on the “Illumined Heart” podcast (Ancient Faith Radio). Do we value human life simply because it is human, or do we value it based on notions and definitions […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wesley-j-smith-orthodox-advocate-for-human-%e2%80%9cexceptionalism%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-no-faith-in-ourselves/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-no-faith-in-ourselves/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:51:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=747 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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Writing for the Foreign Policy Research Institute on Dec. 19, Cornelia A. Tsakiridou rightly points to the breakdown of the rule of law as one of the most deplorable outcomes of these riots. Tsakiridou is Associate Professor and Director of the Diplomat-in-Residence Program at La Salle University. The spectacle of young people (and assorted criminals, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-no-faith-in-ourselves/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:50:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/2008/03/28/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/ 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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Russian emigre philosopher Georgy Fedotov (1888-1951) proposed two basic principles for all of the freedoms by which modern democracy lives. First, and most valuable, there are the freedoms of “conviction” — in speech, in print, and in organized social activity. These freedoms, Fedotov asserted, developed out of the freedom of faith. The other principle of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/feed/ 0