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Tony Blair: Where Do We Go From Here?

August 6th, 2010 maru No comments

Tony Blair speaks at Yale University about faith and globalization in relation to recent world events such as the economic crisis, the election of Barack Obama, climate change and the Mumbai terrorist attacks. He also lists the ten most important topics relating to faith and globalization for people to keep in mind as the world moves forward.

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The World is Flat

July 25th, 2010 maru No comments

Thomas L. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Book excerpt available here: yaleglobal.yale.edu

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Chanda: Context of Globalization -5/6

June 25th, 2010 maru 6 comments

Nayan Chanda – Director of Publications at Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and author of “Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization ” – discusses the historical and human context of globalization. This interview was recorded in May 2007. PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO BEFORE WATCHING.

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Chanda: Context of Globalization -4/6

June 24th, 2010 maru 6 comments

Nayan Chanda – Director of Publications at Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and author of “Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization ” – discusses the historical and human context of globalization. This interview was recorded in May 2007. PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO BEFORE WATCHING.

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Chanda: Globalization in Context -1/6

June 21st, 2010 maru 6 comments

Nayan Chanda – Director of Publications at Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and author of “Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization ” – discusses the historical and human context of globalization. This interview was recorded in May 2007. PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO BEFORE WATCHING.

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A Conversation with Tony Blair

May 18th, 2010 maru No comments

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined University President Richard C. Levin and Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico and director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, for a conversation before the Yale community in Battell Chapel on December 10 at 4 pm Blair is teaching a Faith and Globalization seminar at Yale as a Howland Distinguished Fellow. His teaching colleagues are Miroslav Volf, director of the Center for Faith and Culture and the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology, and Douglas Rae, the Richard S. Ely Professor of Management and Professor of Political Science. The seminar explores issues concerning the public roles of religious faiths in the context of globalization. The course, first introduced in 2008, is a joint offering of the School of Management under Dean Sharon M. Oster and the Divinity School under Dean Harold Attridge.

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Faith and Globalization: The Challenge Continues

March 23rd, 2010 maru No comments

Tony Blair, Howland Distinguished Fellow at Yale University, reflects on the importance of continuing to analyze the role of faith and values in globalization.

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Faiths, Globalization and Gender, Prof. Miroslav Volf

February 13th, 2010 maru No comments

Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, introduces the topic of gender and religion in the context of globalization.

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Faith & Globalization: Joan Lockwood ODonovan Interview

February 9th, 2010 maru No comments

Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, interviews Joan Lockwood odonovan, Honorary Fellow, School of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh, about faith and human rights.

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Choice, Globalization, Faith and Gender

January 8th, 2010 maru No comments

Muna Abu Sulayman of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Kingdom Foundation responds to a students question about choice functions in religious responses to globalization.

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