Results for tag:United States of America
Is the ‘new’ religious engagement really all that new? The need for reflection on the underlying values and assumptions in the engagement with religion
Date: | 19 August 2013 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
In this post, Brenda Bartelink draws on her research on faith based development organisations in the Netherlands and Uganda, and Dutch initiatives to engage with religion to raise some critical points for reflection on the new US Office for Faith-Based...
What does “engaging religion” mean for religion?
Date: | 14 August 2013 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Last week, the US State Department made the much-anticipated announcement that it is establishing a new “Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives” whose mission, Secretary of State John Kerry said, is “to engage more closely with faith communities...
Allergic Reaction to “The Religious Other” or just a Neurobiological Fact?
Date: | 25 June 2013 |
Author: | Religion Factor |
Neurobiology, Social influence and its impact on our capacity to empathize.