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- Polygyny and Christian Marriage in Africa: The Case of Benin
- Abstract: Since the arrival of European missionaries in Africa, there has been charged debate over people's marriage choices. This article outlines the major elements in the academic, theological, and popular discourses on marriage in Africa, focusing on two topics: the conceptual divide between monogamous Christian marriage and African polygyny, and...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Utah Demo platform to right of U.S. plank
- It seems the farther one gets from Washington, D.C., the more conservative the Democratic Party gets -- at least in the platforms of the party's various levels. A review by the Deseret News of the draft national Democratic platform, the Utah State Democratic platform, and the Utah County...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- 50 couples tie the knot in Afghanistan
- HERAT, Afghanistan AFP — About 50 Afghan couples tied the knot in the western city of Herat late Sunday, an Islamic charity said, in what is believed to be the first mass marriage in the country. The men and women were married at a ceremony attended by about 1,500...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- It’s Not Her. It’s That Marriage.
- I tried to watch John McCain as he made his victory speech last week, but really, I couldn’t take my eyes off his wife. So thin, so blond, so beautiful in her swept-up hairdo—my husband, slouched on the couch next to me, muttered something along the lines of, “ She...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- The rule of law in Blair's Britain
- I INTRODUCTION Blair's Britain came to an end in June 2007 when, after ten years and one month, Tony Blair stepped down as Prime Minister. His decade in office will be remembered for many things: for ending eighteen years of electoral wilderness for the Labour party, albeit only by...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- BYU to stage 'Marriage of Figaro'
- Posterity can thank Austrian Emperor Joseph II that the score to "The Marriage of Figaro" wasn't destroyed. As the story goes, Joseph II was looking for an opera to be performed in the imperial court in Vienna. Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" was one of the works under consideration,...
- Research articles 2007-10-21
- New Underground Railroad and the Old: Abolitionists' Perspectives on Abortion, The
- When discussing abortion, activists often draw parallels with slavery to support their views. For abortion supporters, legalizing abortion was a move to emancipate women and thus the Roe v. Wade decision should be seen as a modem-day analogue to the Thirteenth Amendment. No doubt with this understanding in mind, a...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Split Decisions
- A forthcoming study by the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy iMAPP, a group that aims to "strengthen marriage," found that no-fault divorce leads to an increase in the divorce rate on the order of 10 percent. NEWSWEEK's Julie Scelfo spoke with Maggie Gallagher, founder of iMAPP and coauthor of...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Comparing the merger proposals of airlines
- Marriage is on the minds of the airline industry, with a number of potential pairings tossed around since US Airways made its bid for Delta Air Lines last fall. All would be marriages of convenience, with airlines looking to get bigger and more stable, or to defend their...
- Research articles 2007-01-25
- Are We Not Men?
- In a 1963 account of his visit to the Chicago Playboy mansion, Nelson Algren wrote, “However paradoxical it may appear, the young male who assumes early that physical relationships with women are part of life is more likely to develop respect toward women than is the young male who abstains...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Municipal rules become bound in dispute regarding family
- There is no denying the significance of the family institution. Conflicting opinions make defining what that body is more difficult. When government dictates who does or does not meet the criteria of a respectable family there is reason for concern. That is why the Department of Housing and...
- Research articles 2006-05-27
- Municipal rules become bound in dispute regarding family
- There is no denying the significance of the family institution. Conflicting opinions make defining what that body is more difficult. When government dictates who does or does not meet the criteria of a respectable family there is reason for concern.That is why the Department of Housing and Urban Development has...
- Research articles 2006-05-27
- Conference Call Monday, May 8: National Religious Clergy Coalition to Oppose Federal Marriage Amendment
- News Advisory: Conference call brings together a broad-based coalition of religious leaders calling on their fellow clergy to speak out in opposition to a discriminatory Constitutional marriage amendment WHAT: Media conference call by national religious voices calling for fair-minded religious leaders to begin immediate action in opposition of the proposed...
- Research articles 2006-05-05
- Unprecedented Religious Coalition Unites Behind Marriage Amendment
- WASHINGTON, April 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An unprecedented grass roots coalition of the nation's major churches has come together to urge the U.S. Senate to pass the Marriage Protection Amendment to the Constitution when Majority Leader Bill Frist brings it to the floor for a vote on June 6th. The...
- Research articles 2006-04-26
- Immoral purposes: marriage and the genus of illicit sex.
- In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court situates its opinion within the history of laws banning sodomy. Lawrence, however, is also part of another historical narrative: the history of attempts by federal lawmakers and judges to define the relationships among the genus of illicit sex, the genus of licit sex,...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- The structure of women's employment in comparative perspective.(labor force)
- In this paper we analyze social survey data from 19 countries using multi-level modeling methods in an effort to synthesize structural and institutional accounts for variation in women's employment. Observed demographic characteristics show much consistency in their relationship to women's employment across countries, yet there is significant variation in the...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Onassis heir to wed Brazil horse champ
- SAO PAULO AFP — Athina Roussell Onassis, granddaughter and only heir of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, will marry on Saturday Brazil's equestrian champion Alvaro Affonso "Doda" de Miranda Neto. The marriage is to take place before 400 to 750 guests in a huge mansion in Sao Paulo's swank...
- Research articles 2005-12-02
- While we're at it.(The Public Square: A Continuing Survey of Religion, Culture, and Public Life)
- * It was axiomatic for the early Fathers of the Church that "Scripture interprets Scripture." It was further understood that Christ is the Logos who speaks and is spoken of in all the words logoi of Scripture. This was a theme addressed by our Robert Louis ...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Alliance for Marriage: Decision Taking Marriage Out of the Hands of the People of New Jersey Will Propel Marriage Amendment In Congress
- To: National DeskTo: National Desk
- Research articles 2006-10-25
- Branagh brilliant as FDR
- Six decades after his death, the image most Americans still have of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the jaunty optimist leading America through the Great Depression and to victory in World War II. By design, Americans of his era didn't see him as a man who lost the use...
- Research articles 2005-04-29
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