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 traditional buffers between discordant groups dissolve. These developments call for new structures for … Continue reading
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 military questions, shows a more integrated and holistic … Continue reading
This free Foreign Policy article is posted here, so that social media links allow contacts to read the content directly. Readers, in the mean time are encouraged, when time allows, to sign up for your free FP subscription. National Security … Continue reading
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 positions supporting greater respect and collaboration among world relgions … Continue reading
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. He would miss the paycheck each week, … Continue reading
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 indicates that the mission of genuine care and upliftment has been … Continue reading
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. Now the number is more than 7.5 … Continue reading
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 Christians believe its observance is wrong. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320413 … Continue reading
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 roots, from where will these sectors gain their ethical and … Continue reading
Currently I am involved in a project to do with with the development of a memoir. In the work I am led to research on memoir as an art form and as a literary architecture. Of course the genre is … Continue reading