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Religion

People we meet in church, temple or mosque are connected to us in two ways: through shared belief and through shared civic life. Should one of these links falter, the other compensates. And both become sacred through their shared relationship to the divine.

 

Marc Chevrier
When does the rule of law begin to break the social fabric instead of protecting it?
On February 28, 2008 Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize and made a wish: to help creating, launching and disseminating a Charter for Compassion. Since that day, thousands of people have contributed to the process so that on November 12, 2009 the Charter was unveiled to the world. Listen to the talk.

 

 





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Jacques Dufresne's
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The editor of L'Encyclopédie de L'Agora and well known newspaper chronicler and philosopher, analyses actuality through the looking glass of Belonging.
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Loneliness affects one in ten people in France

ONE in ten people in France lives in solitude and a quarter have only the most basic links to family or friends, a new report has revealed. The issue of solitude came up in 2003 after the...

Preventing Home Foreclosures - a Promising Innovation in Philadelphia

Between June 2008 and May 2009, of the 4,690 homeowners who were able to negotiate with their banks through this program, 2,776 succeeded in holding on to their homes.