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when he became the first pope to resign and almost 600 years. he cited a quote, lack of strength of mind and body as his reason for stepping down. benedict was born in germany and grew up as the regime was gaining power. after the war. he turned to theological studies and eventually became a professor in 1951. he was ordained as a priest. as work in theology attracted the attention of the archbishop. who asked him to serve his expert assistance at the second vatican council in the sixt...

MORGANTOWN — Amid cries for help one of the first things to strike the attention is the water. It’s dirty. Polluted by the rubble left behind after the bombs and

The famed scholar Judith Butler talks to Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.

Do religion and nationalism compete with each other? Do they replace each other? Do they amplify each other and drive each other forward? Do they exist in symbiosis? Theorists of nationalism have struggled with this question. At one extreme of the spectrum is the early work of Elie Kedourie (1960), who argued that nationalism is a modern,

Article: The Monotheistic Roots of Nationalism Part I: What Nationalism and Monotheism Have in Common - Anthony Smith and George Mosse have pointed out how nationalism has built itself up using the same techniques as religion. However, it is not any religion. It is no accident that ancient pagan societies never had nationalism. Neither has Buddhist or Taoist China. It is the characteristics of monotheistic religions that contain the key.

The law occludes the abhorrent violence routinely perpetrated by states in the name of self-defense.

<strong>The long read</strong>: The EU likes to celebrate itself as a place where borders are soft and ‘regionalism’ creates diversity and openness. But just as much as any powerful nation, Europe defines itself against the rest of the world

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Appointment with him. he couldnt have been nicer. he really was a humble man. as regards, though his figure he was someone who you know, had the millet e of speaking the truth with confidence. he believed firmly that jesus christ was the eternal son of god that he had founded the church to be the herald of that message of who jesus was and why he came to earth. and he spoke, you know, plainly, confidently and lovingly, and, uh, not everyone was happy with everything, he said. thats not to be bes...

Of course nationalism is a good – yet it has also created zones of dangers for ethnic minorities, for people who it is held do not belong, and for the vulnerable.