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		<title>Theology, Politics and Women&#8217;s Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/theology-poltics-and-womens-rightsrobert-h-stucky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-life politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent pronouncements by  so-called &#8220;pro-life&#8221; Republican politicians have raised troublesome questions about the very meaning of the term &#8220;pro-life&#8221;, not to mention the politician&#8217;s grasp of basic biology and the distincton between living cells and personhood, and the selective application &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/theology-poltics-and-womens-rightsrobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discoveries in Brussels</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a new approach to scriptures as tools for peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overcoming religious and cultural biases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religios strife in Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert H. Stucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadig A. Malki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having just returned from Brussels and the presentation of our book Reductionism, Globalization and Faith, I am encouraged by the openness and eagerness of those we met to the possibility of using the world&#8217;s scriptures as a vehicle for peace &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/discoveries-in-brusselsrobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the Spirit in all things</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/seeing-the-spirit-in-all-thingsrobert-h-stucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/seeing-the-spirit-in-all-thingsrobert-h-stucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dubious Theologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious strife in Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secular Humanism and Faith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I write on the eve of a presentation to the European Parliament in Brussels of the article that inspired the foundation of FID. Our co-founder, Sadig Malki, and I wrote an article following September 11th that addressed the oxymoron of &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/seeing-the-spirit-in-all-thingsrobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cults and Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/cults-and-culture-robert-h-stucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/cults-and-culture-robert-h-stucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empathy as a political principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual values in politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fidinstitute.org/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is said that &#8220;as you sow, so shall you reap&#8221;. That one of our best known sayings is agricultural in nature reminds us that our culture is linked to what we cultivate- both literally and metaphorically. Even if paraphrased &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/cults-and-culture-robert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Culture Wars and Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/the-culture-wars-and-marriagerobert-h-stucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/the-culture-wars-and-marriagerobert-h-stucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage and the religious right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the logic of love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what preserves society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why marriage matters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marriage has long been held to be one of the foundational institutions of human society, both from a socio-economic and spiritual perspective. The reasons for this are clear. The continuity of monogomous marriage is clearly one of nature&#8217;s many ways &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/the-culture-wars-and-marriagerobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Cultural Memory and Personal Experience Collide</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/when-cultural-memory-and-personal-experience-colliderobert-h-stucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/when-cultural-memory-and-personal-experience-colliderobert-h-stucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fidinstitute.org/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we look at political hot spots around the globe, there is almost always a religious component in the conflict- a clash between sects that illustrates the immense power of belief, and the endemic risk that belief imposes on our &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/when-cultural-memory-and-personal-experience-colliderobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative and Liberal &#8211; A Spiritual Prerspective</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/conservative-and-liberal-a-false-dichotomyrobert-h-stucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/conservative-and-liberal-a-false-dichotomyrobert-h-stucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fidinstitute.org/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cultural clash in the religious world today seems to be increasingly drawn as a battle between so called conservative and liberal theologies. In fact, given the current blend of politics and religion, the distinction between theology and ideology has &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/conservative-and-liberal-a-false-dichotomyrobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Religion and Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/religion-and-homophobiarobert-h-stucky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/religion-and-homophobiarobert-h-stucky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fidinstitute.org/?p=51</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today President Barack Obama endorsed same sex marriage. His reasoning was mature, compassionate, honest, and principled. He spoke as a man who, though sharing the dominant culture&#8217;s traditional view that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman, &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/religion-and-homophobiarobert-h-stucky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Appeal of Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>http://www.fidinstitute.org/the-appeal-of-fundamentalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fidinstitute.org/the-appeal-of-fundamentalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 21:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Stucky</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fidinstitute.org/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our increasingly polarized political environment, the political right and the political left often square off over the issue of religion. The Christian right proclaims to all who will listen that they stand for the true values of the Christian &#8230; <a href="http://www.fidinstitute.org/the-appeal-of-fundamentalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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