We are seeing more irresponsible and inflammatory statements in the world news media concerning Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic-Islam relations.
Can we just state matters simply? Very well, here are things stated simply:
The problem is not Catholics.
The problem is not Pope Benedict XVI.
The problem is not Islam.
The problem is the news media.
Christians and Muslims in [...]
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Conference Announcement
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Engaging The OTHER
October 26-29, 2006 – Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
www.cbiworld.org
An International Conference examining concepts of “The OTHER” from a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about concepts of “Us and Them.”
Sponsored by the Common Bond Institute, in collaboration with HARMONY Institute, the International Humanistic Psychology Association, Fetzer Institute, and Western Michigan University.
Goal: [...]
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Article: Peace as an Organizing Principle, by By Louise Diamond, Ph.D.
Peace as an organizing principle is an intriguing and revolutionary idea that, if applied at the global, national, and individual levels, would radically change the world we live in. To explore that further, let us consider how it would be if peace were truly [...]
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You ask, but what can I do?
Everything.
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Welcome to my Peace Psychology blog.
For now, this format is just an experiment, as it appears much easier to keep a weblog like this than to keep my various websites up to date.
The basic motivating philosophy is this:
That how we, as human beings, construe reality is determined by mental patterns or schema, which [...]
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Peace News Vatican News
