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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 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:38:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/what-is-social-justice/ https://www.aoiusa.org/what-is-social-justice/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:19:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5435 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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Recalling the conversation a few weeks back, the term “social justice” is all too often a euphemism that hides statist intentions as the cure for the vexing cultural problems facing us. Rather than fostering self-reliance, self-respect, self-control, and the other virtues necessary for independence, the programs and prescriptions that ostensibly cure the ills in fact […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/what-is-social-justice/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/robert-p-george-on-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/robert-p-george-on-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:32:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4936 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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Princeton professor Robert P. George, one of the drafters of the Manhattan Declaration, is interviewed by Kathryn Jean Lopez on National Review Online. LOPEZ: Why just Christians? GEORGE: For too long, the historic traditions of Catholicism, Evangelical Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodoxy have failed to speak formally with a united voice, despite their deep agreement on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/robert-p-george-on-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenicism-in-the-trenches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenicism-in-the-trenches/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:49:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2474 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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Two National Rabbinic Groups Issue Religious Ban on Voting for Pro-Homosexual Agenda Politicians; Call on Pope and other Denominations to Follow Suit BROOKLYN, NY, May 27 /Christian Newswire/ — In light of recent developments in the ongoing push to legislate a Federal Hate Crimes Bill in Congress and same gender marriage legislation in New York […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenicism-in-the-trenches/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:51:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1291 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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Greek Orthodox Metropoiltan Iakovos has issued a “call to action” on an Illinois bill that right-to-life advocates describe as a state level Freedom of Choice Act. The metropolitan has posted a clear and forceful letter on the Metropolis of Chicago Web site condemning the proposed HB 2354 as unjust and a violation of “the very […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/message-of-the-primates-of-the-orthodox-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/message-of-the-primates-of-the-orthodox-churches/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:30:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=215 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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Leaders of the world’s Orthodox churches released a joint statement that touched on far ranging issues of interest to the Church, including the global economic crisis, the environment and the prospects for further pan-Orthodox consultations and a Holy and Great Council. The primates were gathered for the Oct. 10-12 Synaxis of the Heads of the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/message-of-the-primates-of-the-orthodox-churches/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/solovyov-on-economic-morality/ https://www.aoiusa.org/solovyov-on-economic-morality/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:12:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/2008/03/05/solovyov-on-economic-morality/ 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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Towards the end of his life, the 19th century Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov published his “On the Justification of the Good: An Essay on Moral Philosophy” (1897). In this book, wrote historian Paul Valliere, Solovyov abandonded his vision of a “worldwide theocratic order” in favor of the more concrete demands of building a just society. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/solovyov-on-economic-morality/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/conflicted-hearts-social-justice-and-orthodoxy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/conflicted-hearts-social-justice-and-orthodoxy/#respond Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:27:55 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=31 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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Conflicted Hearts: Orthodox Christians and Social Justice in an Age of Globalization, my article on economics and social justice, has been posted on the AGAIN Magazine Web site. Read the full article here. Just as there is no real understanding of many bioethical issues without a general grasp of underlying medical technology, there is no […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/conflicted-hearts-social-justice-and-orthodoxy/feed/ 0