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Divisions and tensions in the global church are affecting the church in Africa.
Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan, face a difficult time in the country.
El papado del papa Francisco está anclado en lo que él llama una “revolución de la ternura”.
Pope Francis’ papacy is anchored on what he calls a “revolution of tenderness”.
African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
The Catholic Church practice of granting indulgences, criticized by Martin Luther in the 16th century, still exists, as part of the doctrine – but in a different form.
Businesses can spend huge amounts of money to influence Congress. But sizable lobbyist and campaign donations also go to state campaigns and lawmakers to influence policymaking.
A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.
The attack on Salman Rushdie promptly led to speculation on whether the attacker had been influenced by the 1989 fatwa against the author. A scholar explains what a fatwa is, and isn’t.
Depuis la publication des « Versets sataniques », Rushdie affirme que les textes religieux devraient être ouverts à la discussion et à la contestation.
La novela llega al corazón de las creencias religiosas musulmanas y desafía algunos de sus principios más sensibles.
As Japanese victims struggled to process the nuclear attack, many turned to religion. The way they understood the horror still has consequences today.
China has a tendency to underpromise so it can overdeliver.
Misinformation about climate change has been spreading in other ways, and social media companies have been reluctant to stop it.
One scholar spent a decade studying the ways everyday people drew, carved, glued, sewed and baked their own pornography.
Republicans have attacked the Affordable Care Act since it became law 10 years ago, yet Republicans were the ones who came up with the blueprint for the law. How did this twist happen?
Le double impératif de création de valeur sociale et économique complique l’élaboration d’un business model viable. Un travail de recherche vient aider les entrepreneurs sociaux.
In July 1995, Serb forces murdered at least 7,000 Bosnian Muslims – an act so heinous it forced the US and UN to intervene in Bosnia’s war. What has the world learned since then about ethnic violence?
From being subjected to harassment and threats to getting assaulted or having their cars keyed, many American teachers are being victimized.
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Associate Professor of Management, DePaul University
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Senior Wicklander Fellow at the Insitute for Business and Professional Ethics, DePaul University
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Associate professor, DePaul University
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Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, DePaul University
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Professor of History, DePaul University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography and GIS, DePaul University
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Affiliated Faculty of Bioethics, Religion, and Society, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University
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Endowed Professor of Environmental Diplomacy & Associate Professor of Political Science, DePaul University
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Assistant Professor of Management, DePaul University
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Research Professor, World Christianity and African Studies, DePaul University
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Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology; Associate Dean for Research, DePaul University
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Professor of History, DePaul University
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Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Jaharis Health Law Institute, DePaul University
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Associate Professor of Geography, DePaul University
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Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University
