In a western world premised on a culture of denial of differences, is a concept of ‘national character’ meaningful? Or a basis for harmful stereotyping? Can we learn anything constructive about differences, if, indeed, they exist? . Nigel Pocock . Studies of neurogenesis and synaptogenesis (the life-long generation of new […]
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Immigrant minors: targeted victims of society
A conference set to take place in Glasgow on June 7th will analyse the situation for immigrant minors in the United Kingdom, with the aim of coming up with some solutions to their vulnerable plight. A study on immigrant minors carried out by Unicef, which analyses how difficult life […]
Whatever is true, just, pure… lovely… Think on these things
So wrote an early Jewish Christian writer to the church in the Roman town of Philippi. But what is meant by each of these things? Aren’t they too subjective and culturally-constructed to have any kind of universal meaning? Nigel Pocock Perhaps it is best to start with human commonality. For […]
“Lugar y Ser”: Cameras that connect cultures
“Place and Being: a photographic dialogue between two cultures” joins photographers living in Mexico and the United Kingdom to contrast their views on vital and universal issues. _ Miriam Valero Does a photographer from Mexico portray the aspects of life and the universe through his lens in the same way […]
Hugh Osgood and multiculturalism: “We must respect our differences”
The co-Chair of the Pentecostal Leaders Conference spoke to The Prisma about the Church’s acceptance of multiculturalism at a seminar on the subject. _ Miriam Valero Martin Luther King once said that the 11 o’clock Mass on Sundays was “the most segregated hour in Christian America”. This quote from a […]