Faith And The City e.Newsletter
February 7, 2008
Volume 7, Issue 2
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Faith And The City News
Faith And The City TV: “World Pilgrims of Atlanta: Interfaith Relationships on the Road”
Faith And The City
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Feb. 5, 2008
The award-winning cable TV program, Faith And The City Forum, takes a closer look at the interfaith initiative that coordinated seven international pilgrimages shared by Muslims, Jews, and Christians from Atlanta. The two-part panel discussion, “World Pilgrims of Atlanta: Interfaith Relationships on the Road,” is hosted by Steen Miles. Panelists are Imam Plemon T. El-Amin; Ms. Ameenah Sabree, Dr. David Taylor, and Rev. Jill Ulrici.
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Faith And The City introduces Beloved Community Awards for Best Practices in Public Ministry
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Feb. 5, 2008
Is your community of faith or house of worship actively engaged in addressing specific community challenges? If so, and you feel it has some “best practices” to share with others, Faith And The City encourages you to apply for an award of $750 to recognize outstanding work being done to help build the beloved community in the larger metropolitan Atlanta area.” The award program is a new joint initiative of Faith And The City and the Atlanta Theological Association.
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Levine to speak on “Jesus, Judaism and Anti-Jewish Preaching” at Mercer’s 2008 Wm. Self Preaching Lectures
McAfee School of Theology
Event Announcement
Jan. 22, 2008
Jewish New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University will be the 2008 presenter of the William L. Self Preaching Lectures, Feb. 18-19, at McAfee School of Theology of Mercer University on the University’s Atlanta campus.
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Faith and Politics
Senator's inquiry into megachurch money hypocrisy sparks church-state showdown
By Rob Boston, Church and State
AlterNet
Jan. 11, 2008
The New Testament reports that Jesus rarely used fancy modes of transportation to get around. He walked most of the time, although Matthew and other gospels mention that he once rode a borrowed donkey into Jerusalem, where he burst into the Temple and tossed out the money changers. Nearly 2,000 years later, some who claim to speak in Jesus' name are taking a different view.
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Education
Senate looking at endowments as tuition rises
By Karen W. Arenson
New York Times
Jan. 25, 2008
The Senate Finance Committee, increasingly concerned about the rising cost of higher education, demanded detailed information on Thursday from the nation’s 136 wealthiest colleges and universities on how they raised tuition over the last decade, gave out financial aid and managed and spent their endowments.
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Lottery profits should open up pre-k to 3-year-olds
By Mary Margaret Oliver, Stephanie Benfield, and Kathy Ashe
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 22, 2008
It is time to expand the lottery profits to pre-k for 3-year-olds. We have introduced legislation, HB 939, to do this, based on criteria to be decided by the Department of Early Care and Learning Board.
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Social Environment
A bracing slap of tradition would do guys a world of good
By Rod Dreher
Dallas Morning News
Jan. 30, 2008 (posted by Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Young men have been rendered incapable of recognizing and submitting to authority. Today's child-men have been formed by a culture that has lost —- or, rather, thrown away —- a relatively fixed standard of manhood.
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Unsung heroes deserve credit for victories
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
Miami Herald
Jan. 20, 2008
You want to know who deserves credit for the victories of the civil rights movement? Mother Pollard. She's been largely forgotten over the last two weeks as the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination bicker over who did what in the 13-year epoch that crumbled the walls of American apartheid.
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Civil rights leaders aloof from Obama
By William Jelani Cobb
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 16, 2008
The most amazing thing about the 2008 presidential race is not that a black man is a bona fide contender, but the lukewarm response he has received from the luminaries whose sacrifices made this run possible.
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The myth of color blindness: Cultural biases are embedded in us unawares
By Cynthia Tucker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 20, 2008
While I am sympathetic to any desire to get past dated and useless habits of mind — especially the contentious politics of the color line — that's just nonsense. Not one of us, black, white or brown, is colorblind.
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Race bait
By Timothy Egan
New York Times
Jan. 16, 2008
On the West Coast, we are the deepest of blue state America. We have ditched our badges of tribal politics for a post-racial era. We can break the padlocks of prejudice, and why not?
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The Immigrant Vote
Editorial
New York Times
Jan. 19, 2008
The citizenship and voter registration drive in immigrant communities should be celebrated by both parties.
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Poll: "'Moral values' mean very different things to the public and to pundits"
Posted by Editor
Harris Interactive: Research Report
Jan. 14, 2008
Poll finds public judging political candidates by their perceived character, not their position on controversial issues
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We don't know what we think: Unrecognized attitudes lurk in our subconscious
By Mahzarin R. Banaji
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 23, 2008
Our intense scrutiny of the presidential candidates has produced a relentless stream of questions, some thoughtful and relevant, others spectacularly irrelevant and even embarrassing: Why are you not more likable, Hillary? How good a Christian can he be with the name Hussein?
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Harold Bloom: "What we are seeing is the Fall of America"
By Eva Sohlman
The Wip
Jan. 15, 2008
"Democracy, whether in Sweden or the United States, depends on the voter's capacity to think…. So what this decline into half-literature and mediocre media really means is de facto a self-destruction of democracy."
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Facebook: The new look of surveillance
By Ari Melber
The Nation
Jan. 16, 2008 (posted on AlterNet)
And why do people continue to give pictures and personal information to a company that reserves the right to use their photos -- and their very identities -- to sell more advertising, products and market targeting in the future?
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Events
Guidelines for Posting Events
Faith And The City posts brief event notices that must include a website address for additional information. Events should be concerned with faith, interfaith and public issues.
Feb. 13: “Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta Membership Luncheon.” Legislative issues and business meeting. Hosted by Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington St., Atlanta 30303. More information or RSVP, call 404.622.3399.
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Feb. 18-19: “2008 William L. Self Preaching Lectures, featuring Dr. Amy-Jill Levine.” McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta Campus.
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Feb. 21: “Pastors Breakfast.” Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta monthly event. 7:30 am. Smoke Rise Baptist Church, 5901 Hugh Howell Rd., Stone Mountain, GA 30087. RSVP to 404.523.5554 ext 231 or ecarter@rccatl.org.
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April 2: “Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta Membership Luncheon.” Topic and location TBD. More information or RSVP, call 404.622.3399.
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Additional Events: Visit the website of the Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta at http://www.rccatl.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=108
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