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HeForShe: When Are We Going To Get Honest About Gender Issues?

September 25, 2014 • by Elise Hilton

HeForShe: When Are We Going To Get Honest About Gender Issues?

Emma Watson, the lovely British actress best known for her role as Hermione in the Harry Potter movies, is now a Goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. The program she is touting is called HeForShe (yes, I know that sounds like a support group for transgendered folk, but that’s beside the point.) Continue Reading...

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September 25, 2014

Temptation-Babel: Second Part of Kuyper’s ‘Common Grace’ Now Available

Christian’s Library Press has released the second in its series of English translations of Abraham Kuyper’s most famous work, Common Grace, a three-volume work of practical public theology. This release, Temptation-Babel, is the second of three parts in Volume 1: The Historical Section, following the previous release, Noah-Adam. Continue Reading...

September 24, 2014

Abraham Kuyper’s Advice for the New School Year

The new school year has begun, and with it college students have flocked back to their colleges and universities to encounter the challenges, gifts, and opportunities that the life of scholarship entails. Continue Reading...

September 24, 2014

7 Reasons Religious Freedom is Good for Business

Earlier this month Brian Grim of Georgetown University and Greg Clark and Robert Edward Snyder of Brigham Young University released the results of an extensive study, “Is Religious Freedom Good for Business?,” Continue Reading...

September 24, 2014

Acton University Named a Templeton Freedom Award Finalist

The Acton Institute’s biggest event of the year, Acton University has been named a finalist for the Templeton Freedom Award. Every year since 2004, the Atlas Network gives out this award, named after the late investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton. Continue Reading...

September 24, 2014

Kirk and State: What Next for Scotland?

Scottishness and Presbyterianism were once synonymous –- and with it reverence for the Union with England, says Ewan Watt in this week’s Acton Commentary. But secularism and nationalism might change all that. Continue Reading...

September 24, 2014

Video: Fujimura’s ‘Walking On Water’ Comes to Grand Rapids

The Acton Institute is thrilled to be hosting Makoto Fujimura’s “Walking on Water – Azurite“, which is Fujimura’s official entry for ArtPrize 2014 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The 8′ x 11′ work, created with mineral pigment on polished gesso, must be seen in person to be appreciated; the depth of the colors and textures of the piece are stunning. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2014

More Americans Support Religious Influence on Politics

Americans are tired of religion influencing politics, right? Apparently not. According to a new Pew Research Center study released yesterday, a growing number of Americans think religion is losing influence in American life — and they want religion to play a greater role in U.S. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2014

‘Science:’ You Use The Word, But It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

“Science.” You know what that means, right? Hard-core facts. Indisputable evidence. No guessing. No “I think.” No opinions. Certainly no faith. If it’s “science,” then there is no arguing. And anybody who doesn’t buy into “science” is clearly wrong. Continue Reading...

September 23, 2014

Religious Proxy Warriors Renew Attack on Fossil Fuels

No sooner does one proxy resolution season end, it seems, then another begins. The religious shareholder activist group As You Sow has announced last week it will continue to push proxy resolutions at Exxon Mobil Corporation in 2015. Continue Reading...

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HeForShe: When Are We Going To Get Honest About Gender Issues?

HeForShe: When Are We Going To Get Honest About Gender Issues?

Latest Posts

Temptation-Babel: Second Part of Kuyper’s ‘Common Grace’ Now Available

Abraham Kuyper’s Advice for the New School Year

7 Reasons Religious Freedom is Good for Business

Acton University Named a Templeton Freedom Award Finalist

Kirk and State: What Next for Scotland?

Video: Fujimura’s ‘Walking On Water’ Comes to Grand Rapids

More Americans Support Religious Influence on Politics

‘Science:’ You Use The Word, But It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

Religious Proxy Warriors Renew Attack on Fossil Fuels

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