Tag: Center for the Study of Values in Public Life

  • Science & Tech

    The U.S. and faith-based social initiatives

    U.S. President George W. Bush has signaled that he is serious about offering federal support to faith-based social service initiatives. What does that mean for the separation of church and state, and how will it affect the country? A collection of essays published by Harvard Divinity School points out that religious motivation has often generated…

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  • Science & Tech

    Protecting nature religiously

    “Our religious institutions are the only institutions that are not completely implicated in the culture of materialism and growth,” said Bill McKibben, an environmental activist and a fellow at Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of Values in Public Life. “The church can posit some other reason for human existence than the accumulation of…

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