Word: modernism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...private e-mail to a student last week, Abdul-Basser wrote that there was “great wisdom (hikma) associated with the established and preserved position (capital punishment [for apostates]) and so, even if it makes some uncomfortable in the face of the hegemonic modern human rights discourse, one should not dismiss it out of hand...
...hope that what they will take from tonight is the belief that they have something to contribute,” he said. Christopher J. Hollyday ’11, chair of the IOP Forum Committee, said he thought the talk was extremely important given the modern economic climate. “I thought the event was really good, in that it addressed leadership and public service and making it happen in this time when people are shifting from traditional fields like finance to public service and government jobs,” he said. —Staff writer...
...between the Soviet Union and the U.S., later abandoned and left to rot as the superpowers' rivalry ebbed. It's the latest warning that the 21st century's dangers are more likely to come from failed states and their desperate young men rather than modern militaries boasting flotillas of warships, formations of tanks and fleets of aircraft...
...pictures of modern-day pirates...
...reject baptism's creeds and other such superstitions." But in recent months, as tens of thousands began to download the certificate, organizers realized that they had struck a chord with atheists and once-devout church members who are leaving churches they see as increasingly out-of-tune with modern life. "Churches have become so reactionary, so politically active that people actually want to make a protest against them now," Sanderson says. "They're not just indifferent anymore. They're actively hostile." (See pictures at a drive-in church...