Faith And The City e.Newsletter
March 11, 2008
Volume 7, Issue 3
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Local News
Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta elects officers
Faith And The City e.Newsletter
March 10, 2008
At its Feb. 13 luncheon meeting, the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta elected a new slate of officers, including a new president, Rabbi Josh Lesser of Congregation Bet Haverim, who succeeds Imam Plemon El-Amin, resident imam of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam.
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McAfee offers Urban Mission Workshop
Faith And The City e.Newsletter
March 10, 2008
McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University will offer a workshop, “Congregational Strategies for Urban Mission,” April 1-2, at the University’s Atlanta campus. The two full days of programming include keynote speaker Dr. Robert Franklin, a range of featured speakers, as well as plenary and practicum sessions on a variety of topics.
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Education
At charter school, higher teacher pay
By Elissa Gootman
New York Times
March 7, 2008
Would six-figure salaries attract better teachers? A New York City charter school set to open in 2009 in Washington Heights will test one of the most fundamental questions in education: Whether significantly higher pay for teachers is the key to improving schools.
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Economic Disparity
Totally spent
By Robert B. Reich
New York Times
Feb. 13, 2008
We’re sliding into recession, or worse, and Washington is turning to the normal remedies for economic downturns. But the normal remedies are not likely to work this time, because this isn’t a normal downturn.
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Health
Tobacco's toll deadlier than all U.S. wars
By Rowland Nethaway
Waco Tribune-Herald
Feb. 11, 2008
The United States should work with the United Nations to pass tobacco nonproliferation treaties. The World Health Organization estimates tobacco use will kill 1 billion people in the 21st century unless governments aggressively curb the spread and use of tobacco.
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Global Issues
Story of Jesus through Iranian eyes
By Lara Setrakian
ABC News
Feb. 16, 2008
A new movie in Iran depicts the life of Jesus from an Islamic perspective. "The Messiah," which some consider as Iran's answer to Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ," won an award at Rome's Religion Today Film Festival for generating interfaith dialogue.
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This is the time to reject nuclear arms
By Glenn Carroll
Common Dreams
March 3, 2008
We have a rare window of opportunity to establish a turning point in human history — to publicly express the vision and goal that may inspire our country to lead the world in ending the global nuclear nightmare.
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Social Environment
Big Brother endorses these playthings
By Bob Barr
For the Journal-Constitution
March 5, 2008
Two years ago in this column, I lamented the fact that toy manufacturers were cashing in on society's headlong rush toward constant and ubiquitous surveillance.
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The incalculable price of faulty eyewitness IDs
By Cynthia Tucker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 5, 2008
The Georgia General Assembly is once again preparing to compensate a man for a grave injustice, once again considering a cash payment to a victim of a wrongful conviction.
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French women don't get fat and do get lucky
By Pamela Druckerman
Washington Post
Feb. 10, 2008
Older women in Paris don't actually look any better than the ones in New York. The difference is that the French typically don't see sex as a privilege for the young and beautiful. They see it as one of life's most basic pleasures.
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Obama should be proud to be named Hussein
By Juan Cole
Salon.com
Feb. 28, 2008
The attacks on Barack Obama's middle name have begun, but the likely Democratic nominee joins a long line of famous Americans with Semitic names, from Benjamin Franklin to Omar Bradley.
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Time out of mind
By Stefan Klein
The New York Times
March 7, 2008
People in industrial nations lose more years from disability and premature death due to stress-related illnesses like heart disease and depression than from other ailments. In scrambling to use time to the hilt, we wind up with less of it.
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Events
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must include a website address for additional information. Events should be concerned with faith, interfaith
and public issues.
Mar. 20: “Pastors Breakfast: Value of Ecumenical Community.” Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta monthly event. 7:30 am. Victory Baptist Church. Stone Mountain. RSVP to 404.523.5554 ext 231 or ecarter@rccatl.org.
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Apr. 1-2: “Urban Mission Workshop: Congregational Strategies for Urban Mission.” McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta Campus.
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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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