Category Archives: Religion

Religion and Spirituality

Meet Homo Empathicus

Posted on 10 July, 2010 by

Can empathy scale up? Another adeptly animated RSA lecture that raises some interesting questions by economist and ethicist Jeremy Rifkin (he’s not very popular on the science scene though). Also check out David Harvey’s The Crises of Capitalism and other … 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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Sand’s The Invention of the Diaspora: Shattering a National Mythology?

Posted on 24 March, 2008 by

Tel Aviv University historian, Prof. Shlomo Sand, author of new book Matai ve’ech humtza ha’am hayehudi? (When and How Were the Jewish People Invented?; Resling, in Hebrew) is sure to provoke some lively debate. In this interview and piece by … Continue reading →

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Christiane Amanpour’s God’s Warriors series: illegal Israeli settlements

Posted on 11 October, 2007 by

Christiane Amanpour’s CNN God’s Warriors series focuses on the three Abrahamic religions. This video clip is a compilation of highlights on illegal Israeli settlements. (10 mins)

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