Archive for the ‘Interdisciplinary’ Category
NY Times – Houses of Worship Choosing to Avoid Landmark Status
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
From the NY Times: Houses of worship are among the most sensitive issues facing New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. Mandating that a church be preserved can not only impose a heavy financial burden on a congregation, it also raises the specter of state interference with religious freedom. So the commission has been especially loath [...]
Tags: architecture, News
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CCEL Times – December issue (3.12)
Monday, December 1st, 2008
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Tags: advent, classics
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CSR releases Kent County Congregations Study report
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
From the Center for Social Research: Our report on the Kent County Congregations Study of 2007 is now online! The report, entitled Gatherings of Hope: How Religious Congregations Contribute to the Quality of Life in Kent County is downloadable now in PDF format. As reported on Sunday in the Grand Rapids Press, the KCCS is [...]
Tags: News, research
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NY Times on excavation of ancient city linked to King David
Friday, November 7th, 2008
From the NY Times: KHIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel — Overlooking the verdant Valley of Elah, where the Bible says David toppled Goliath, archaeologists are unearthing a 3,000-year-old fortified city that could reshape views of the period when David ruled over the Israelites. Five lines on pottery uncovered here appear to be the oldest Hebrew text ever [...]
Tags: archaeology, history, News, scripture
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byFaith on transforming business through the the Redeemer Entrepreneurship Initiative
Friday, November 7th, 2008
from byFaithonline: An artist struggling to articulate her business goals. A team of doctors trying to make their inner-city medical clinic sustainable. A service-oriented theater company seeking investors. These were all organizations that have been assisted by the Redeemer Entrepreneurship Initiative, an offshoot of Redeemer Presbyterian Church’s Center for Faith and Work in New York [...]
Tags: culture, News
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