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Technology and ethics 10 May 2013 | 01:12 am
Tech changes out-pace spiritual foundations for their ethical use. Tech changes affect three areas. Individuals acquire greater independence and reach. The locus of power shifts accordingly. And trad...
Transcending Scientism in Modern Culture 14 Mar 2013 | 07:28 pm
Modern science has led to great advances in modern civilization, enabling people to live longer and more conveniently. However, many enamored by modern science, who do not practice the rigorous contro...
From Catholic News Service: In the face of secrecy, drone warfare faces barrage of moral questions 16 Feb 2013 | 06:26 pm
Religion and interfaith often are seen as limited to their own, quaint little corner in human affairs. But understanding the the mission of religion to express moral positions on political, and even ...
Foreign Policy | Death by Loophole 8 Feb 2013 | 04:04 pm
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Mystery as an antidote to spectacle 18 Oct 2012 | 01:43 am
This article appears in IRFWP.org What is the relationship between the sacred and popular and secular culture and media? Tradtionally, entries on the IRFWP site are devoted to advance and propogate po...
Our House 14 May 2012 | 04:18 am
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. H...
Poor Direction for USAID 9 May 2012 | 02:52 am
This article critiques new directions for the US government agency USAID guided by Hillary Clinton’s State Department and the Obama administration. In director Rajiv Shah’s recent policy speech, he i...
The Downside of Cohabitating Before Marriage 18 Apr 2012 | 04:14 am
A good New York Times article by Meg Jay Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1,500 percent in the past half century. In 1960, about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. ...
Lent, Pagans, and the Cycles of Life 1 Mar 2012 | 07:53 am
This article examines the ideal of mutual respect, even appreciation among believers and people of conscience Lent is a widely practiced time of reflection, repentance and renewal. Yet some Christia...
Values in a healthy blend between the spiritual and the secular 23 Jan 2012 | 10:42 am
The post enlightenment era fractured the sacred monolith in the Western worldview and social development. There emerged what some hold to be “purely secular” sectors of enterprise. Void of sacred r...
