No Cosmology, No Rocks (The Cornell Daily Sun)
What’s been going on in this column? I have tried to make it a relatively ruthless criticism of everything existing, specifically in our culture. I have tried to get you thinking about how unsexy T-Pain is, how frats are undemocratic and why drinking underage is way better than drinking legally. Quite often, then, oppression, repression and resistance. So it is only fair, if I have ruthlessly …
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Carter Phipps: What Ever Happened to Truth? (HuffingtonPost)
As a culture, we must begin to recognize that while truth and objectivity may not be absolutes that exist perfectly free of time and history, neither are they hopelessly embedded in personal perspectives.
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Otis Moss III Set as RCCongress 2010 Plenary Speaker (Worldwide Faith News)
Rev. Otis Moss, III is Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, the
largest church in the denomination, with 8,000 members. He received
his B.A. in Religion and Philosophy from Morehouse College, and
graduated from Yale with a Master of Divinity degree with a
concentration in Ethics and Theology.
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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce lauds business owners during its annual Small Business Awards ceremony. (Delaware County Times)
UPPER DARBY — There was a little bit of politics and a little bit of religion plus a dose of optimism at this year’s round of Small Business Awards for the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce.
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Jennifer Baichwal struck by an idea (Jam! Showbiz)
For the first time in its 16-year history, Hot Docs has a Canadian movie in the coveted opening-gala spot: Act of God. The film kicks off the renowned documentary festival tonight at the Winter Garden Theatre.
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Philosophy moves to new department (The Pine Log)
The philosophy faculty, formerly housed in the department of English and philosophy have joined with faculty members in journalism, radio and television to form a new program in Global Media and Contemporary Culture. This new program will join the program in communication studies and the new Center for New Media and eCulture to form the new division of communication and contemporary culture.
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Nigeria: Remembering Late Mala Kachallah (AllAfrica.com)
At a time like this when he will be spending his second year in eternity, it behoves me to briefly reflect on the pains of forgetfulness of people on the immeasurable contributions of one man to scholarship, religion, politics, and the general upliftment of men.
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Perry lecturer reinterprets Islamic prophet story (Daily Northwestern)
At Wednesday night’s Perry Lecture in Religion, Cornell University Prof. David Powers presented his currently unpublished and potentially controversial argument regarding how the Prophet Muhammad came to be considered the “last” Islamic prophet. In the lecture, titled “Making of the Last Prophet,” Powers argued that apart from Muhammad, the prophet’s adopted son Zayd ibn Thabit was the most …
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Virtue has no easy answers (The News & Observer)
In a strict sense, John Bradshaw has spent the past 10 years working on his latest book, “Reclaiming Virtue.” But really, he says, it has been percolating for the past 45 years, since he was a young man studying for the priesthood.
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Canon U.S.A. imageRUNNER Models Receive “Technician Recommended” Designations from Industry Analysts, Inc. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.—-Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of digital imaging and office solutions, today announced that its imageRUNNER 3035, imageRUNNER 5055 and imageRUNNER 7095 models received “Technician Recommended” designations from Industry Analysts, Inc.
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