Category Archives: Christianity

The Secret Powers of Time

Posted on 30 June, 2010 by

Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has some interesting observations and insights about time perspective and how it affects our work, health and well-being, all set to a well-orchestrated animation for a talk he gave at the RSA. The clip is a … Continue reading →

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Mark Braverman: ‘I think we Jews need to look in the mirror … and stop looking backwards’

Posted on 14 December, 2009 by

Mark Braverman draws upon his own journey as a US-raised Jew with a Jewish Palestinian family background and frankly — refreshingly! — talks about the connection between Jewish identity and Israeli occupation in this clip.  It was on a return … Continue reading →

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What are western church leaders doing to protect the Holy Land?

Posted on 22 November, 2009 by

This topic has long been something of a hobbyhorse of mine here at Peoples Geography (*see below for a selection of past posts).  Its an important and urgent topic that I will always do my bit to highlight, and if … Continue reading →

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God is back

Posted on 30 June, 2009 by

Nietzsche once famously proclaimed that God was dead; with the advent of modernity, humanity has been the most anthropocentric it has ever been. Historian, editor-in-chief of the Economist and co-author with Adrian Wooldridge of God Is Back: How the Global … Continue reading →

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