In a time of upheaval and radically changing values in the West, it is important to reflect on the world view that shaped the West and historically created a strong civilization. The origins of traditional Western values are mainly found in the Greek, Roman and Judeo-Christian heritage. The radical Hebrew–Christian contribution to the concept of Western values differed from both …
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The term “Judeo-Christian values” is frequently used. I am one who uses it. Judeo-Christian values: I do so for the same reason the late great British prime minister Margaret Thatcher did: “The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition,” she said, “are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse …
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The West has departed from its traditional beliefs in Christian ethics. Western capitalism has followed the same path, abandoning its Protestant ethic. As a result, capitalism is transformed into an amoral, atheist system of ethics that legalizes selfishness, an economic order in which there are no constraints on selfishness, greed and deceit. The cancelling of the Protestant ethic has …
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Herland Report: Herland Report: Dokumentaren i ti deler, “Jerusalem med Hanne Nabintu Herland” omhandler hvordan intellektuelle, aktivister og forskere i Midtøsten ser på Vesten og vårt engasjement i krigene i Midtøsten. Herland samtaler med kjente professorer, forretningsmenn, statsmenn og diplomater om alt fra vestlig medias unyanserte blikk på Midtøsten og forfølgelsene mot de arabiske kristne. Serien eies av Herland’s …
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Herland Report: The month of December, 2019 has been the worst in a long time regarding soaring anti-Semitism, by which we mean hostility to, prejudice or racism against Jews: The negative evaluation of individuals based on ethnic origin. The disdain for Jews as a group and Israel as a nation, as if “all Jews” are evil and “everyone in …
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Herland Report: Dokumentaren i ti deler, “Jerusalem med Hanne Nabintu Herland” omhandler hvordan intellektuelle, aktivister og forskere i Midtøsten ser på Vesten og vårt engasjement i krigene i Midtøsten. Første program ser du nederst i artikkelen. Serien viser nye perspektiver på gamle konflikter, sett fra den konservative vinkelen, et perspektiv vi sjelden hører fra i norske medier. Herland samtaler …
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