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In Theory: Has the economy damaged the work ethic?
Sociologist Max Weber first advanced the idea of a Protestant work ethic in 1914. A recent study suggests that not only does this ethic exist, it can make the effects of unemployment worse for Protestants than for non-Protestants. The Dutch survey,...Tags: Labor Markets, Interior Policy, Unemployment Benefits, Religion and Belief, Philosophy
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April 27 Letters: Support for victims, gun rights, West, Texas
Unity in support The Muslim Community in the local area was shocked and saddened to hear about the blasts at the Boston Marathon. Our prayers are with the victims and their loved ones. We are grateful to the many government and security officials...Tags: Qur'an, Religious Texts, Interior Policy, Religion and Belief, Gun Control
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READER SUBMITTED: Local Faith Communities Build A Better Future
HartfordHammers, saws, and paint rollers brought various faith communities together this past week to help build a better future for hardworking Hartford area families. From Thursday, April 18 through Sunday, April 21, about 85 volunteers from sixteen different...Tags: Grandy, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), West Hartford, Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Glastonbury
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After the Boston bombings: Looking at the links between religion and terrorism
ReligionLink rounds up what's been written about at the link between religion and terrorism after the Boston Marathon bombings: The bombings at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent identification of two ethnic Chechen immigrant brothers as the...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Separation of Church and State
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Juvenile Court holds faith-based youth engagement summit
The Lima News, OhioFor the first time, almost 200 local religious leaders, nonprofit workers and public officials gathered under one roof for a community, faith-based youth engagement summit. Allen County Juvenile Court Judge Glenn Derryberry hopes the summit will act...Tags: YMCA, Judges, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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Rhode Island on way to be 10th state to allow gay marriage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on Wednesday. The Senate passed gay marriage legislation by a comfortable 26-12...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Voting, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and Belief, Lobbying
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Business, ministry mix to 'employ the unemployed'
Danville Register & Bee, Va.It is a steamy day for April -- in the mid-80s -- when a navy sedan rolls in at Word Car Care. Soft cloths tucked into their belts, Jay Green and Jamel Moore take the car from the young mother. In a short while, any petrified fries will be gone, dust...Tags: Unemployment, Religion and Belief, Business, Career and Workplace, Services and Shopping
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Should we forgive the surviving Boston bomber?
God SquadQ: Would Joseph's brothers have asked for forgiveness if they were not about to starve to death? -- R., Kenosha, Wis., via godsquadquestion@aol.com A: Gandhi once famously remarked, "To a starving man, God is bread." His point is that our spiritual...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Religion and Belief, Sports, Judaism
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Interfaith event brings call for harmony
St. Louis Post-DispatchMore than 100 St. Louis-area Christians, Muslims, Jews and people of other faiths gathered Wednesday night to make sense of the atrocities of the Boston Marathon. They came to grieve for the people of Boston and the victims of the bombings and the...Tags: Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals, Religion and Belief, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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Controversy surprises group backing abstinence speaker
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When he set about bringing Pam Stenzel to Charleston earlier this year, John deBlecourt said he never anticipated the abstinence-only advocate would cause such an uproar. DeBlecourt, executive director of Believe in West Virginia, a...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Religion and Belief, Separation of Church and State, Values, Schools
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Going their own way: Pastor leaves denomination with congregation in tow
Times-News, Burlington, N.C.For Powell Sykes, the pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church, everything started with a simple question from a member of his church: "How did this happen?" The member was referring to how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denomination that the...Tags: Religion and Belief
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Savage Love: A First
I'm a gay man who has been seeing a devout Christian gay guy for one year. We have a great relationship. We have many of the same interests and respect each other's feelings and beliefs. However, I am a Catholic who is not that religious, and he is an...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Separation of Church and State
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