Topic: University Of Oxford

When the Giving Gets Rough

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 914 days ago
An editorial is presented on religion in public life and U.S. nonprofit charity organizations. The author reflects on the Christian charity organizer Alonzo L. McDonald and his attempts to spread the influence of religion in charity work. One such counter-cyclical nonprofit is ...

R C Zaehner

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 918 days ago
), British historian of religion who investigated the evolution of ethical systems and forms of mysticism, particularly in Eastern religions.. The son of Swiss parents who had immigrated to England, Zaehner studied Oriental languages at the University of Oxford, specializing in Persian, ...

Catholicos Karekin I

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 918 days ago
patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church who was credited with reinvigorating his church after the fall of the Soviet Union and with improving its relationship with the Roman Catholic Church; after spending time at a seminary in Beirut, Lebanon, he studied theology ...

Oxford students in 'bring a fit Jew' party row

guardian.co.uk - 1183 days ago
Oxford University is investigating after students allegedly held a party at which they were told to arrive dressed as Orthodox Jews carrying bags of money.Students in the under-21 rugby squad are said to have attached pretend sidelocks to their heads at the ...
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Soundbites

New Scientist - 1473 days ago
It's more important than ever to educate our contemporaries' consciences so that science does not become the criterion for goodness. Pope Benedict XVI warns academics against the "seductive" powers of science at a Vatican meeting sponsored by the Paris Academy of Sciences ...