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A "new breed of missionaries": assessing attitudes toward western missions at the Nairobi evangelical graduate school of theology. Young, F. Lionel, III Essay Apr 1, 2012 4675
The "European Miracle": warrior aristocrats, spirit of liberty, and competition as a discovery process. Znamenski, Andrei Mar 22, 2012 5809
African, Gulf States Most Positive About Muslim-West Relations; Muslims' views on religion do not impede views about relations. Younis, Ahmed; Mogahed, Dalia Survey Dec 7, 2011 828
Sex and the feminist subject: negating/engaging 'difference' in 'raunch culture'. Bletsas, Angelique Critical essay Nov 1, 2011 7981
A new normal. Pleszczynski, Wlady Oct 1, 2011 698
Marvels of 'Magisterium': an exhibition devoted to the medieval cult of relics highlights concepts key to the development of Western civilisation. Lopez, Jonathan Jul 1, 2011 1008
Iranian identity in the West: a discursive approach. Haghighat, Seyed Sadegh Essay Mar 22, 2010 8296
Fearing Western war's lethal twist. Hanson, Victor Davis Mar 1, 2010 2269
Chinese nationalism in an unequal cyber war. Li, Mingsheng Report Oct 1, 2009 12426
How Christianity shaped the West. D'Souza, Dinesh Jul 1, 2009 2278
My problem with giving children their rights; Africa, let's learn from the West. Let's not fall into the child right's trap. Our children have the right to be treated as human beings. They have the right not to be beaten, mentally, physically, or sexually abused. But in giving them the so-called rights as in the West, let's remember that it is up to us to guide them as to how to live in this world. Djanie, Akua Viewpoint essay May 1, 2009 1705
From civilization to manipulation: the discrediting and replacement of the Western elite. Ryn, Claes G. Essay Mar 22, 2009 6696
Freedom and the Family: the Family crisis and the future of Western civilization. Baskerville, Stephen Essay Mar 22, 2009 6145
Identifying cultural difference in R&D project for performance improvement: a field study. Zeng, S.X.; Xie, X.M.; Tam, C.M.; Sun, P.M. Report Mar 1, 2009 5932
Cross and crescent. Holliday, Sam Aug 5, 2008 4112
50 years ago ... Lee, Dorothy Brief article Jul 1, 2008 103
Trading pain for knowledge, or, how the West was won. Harpham, Geoffrey Galt Essay Jun 22, 2008 8737
Beware the propaganda: the Western media serves as the propaganda arm of their governments. If you think this is not true, compare the number of services the BBC used to run when the Cold War was at its height, to the number of services it currently runs now that the Cold War has been "won" by the West, argues Cameron Duodu, one of Africa's veteran journalists. Duodu, Cameron Jun 1, 2008 3099
And now ... positive Africa: as explored in the preceding pages, the endemic Western media stereotyping of Africa has reinforced and crystallised an image of the continent so pervasive and profound that Westerners just believe Africa has intractable problems. In concluding this special extended cover story, our deputy editor, Regina Jere-Malanda, points to where the Western media fails to look-positive Africa. Jere-Malanda, Regina Jun 1, 2008 2687
How educated PNG youth perceive Western power (1). Watson, Amanda Report May 1, 2008 6906
Contraception: a barbarian invasion. Lower, Norman W. Apr 1, 2008 3101
Marcus Garvey: a controversial figure in the history of Pan-Africanism. Dagnini, Jeremie Kroubo Report Mar 15, 2008 4946
All the 'Africans' are men, all the "Sistas" are "American," but some of us resist: realizing African feminism(s) as an Africological research methodology. Blay, Yaba Amgborale Mar 1, 2008 6094
Zimbabwe: burying the truth; Hajia Aminata Sow, a retired Guinean jurist and historian, spent six months in Zimbabwe earlier this year, and, encouraged by the "Zimbabwe debate" in our last issue, writes about what she saw during her visit. Sow, Hajia Aminata Nov 1, 2007 2826
Divine authority. Balint, Benjamin Oct 1, 2007 3315
Oikos and Logos: Chesterton's vision of distributism. Gill, Richard Jun 22, 2007 8722
The poet who sings through us: Homer's influence in contemporary Western culture. Belsky, Scott A. Mar 22, 2007 5572
Living in Iran: Western images of life in Iran tend to go no farther than mad mullahs and veiled women. Here Iranian photographers turn their eye on the diversity as well as the difficulty of everyday life. Mar 1, 2007 305
Islam, Western civilization & the nation state. Johnson, Daniel Jan 1, 2007 5283
Hamilton capitulates. Jan 1, 2007 1608
Appropriating realism: the transformation of popular visual iconography in late-nineteenth-century Calcutta. Mukherjee, Kamalika Jul 1, 2006 6502
Will Western civilization survive? Hunter, Ian May 1, 2006 667
Some Jewish reflections on Locke's Letter Concerning Toleration. Cohen, Jonathan Mar 22, 2006 9421
The West is decadent and decayed: we have managed to convert so much that is golden into base metal. Coren, Michael Column Feb 1, 2006 692
The Evolution of matrimony: the changing social context of marriage. Coontz, Stephanie Dec 22, 2005 2581
"Saving Amina": global justice for women and intercultural dialogue. Jaggar, Alison M. Dec 1, 2005 11899
What is the "West"? Hart, Jeffrey Sep 22, 2005 2816
So, where exactly is the West? The West is a catchall phrase more than it is a geographical reality, referred to by politicians, terrorists and journalists as a convenience rather than an accurate description. Seymour, Richard Aug 1, 2005 1330
Heroes, metanarratives, and the paradox of masculinity in contemporary Western culture. Boon, Kevin Alexander Critical Essay Mar 22, 2005 5568
Neither Greek nor Jew. Shiffman, Mark Mar 22, 2005 1879
What is 'Islamic' archaeology? Petersen, Andrew Mar 1, 2005 2910
The gift of the West. Mates, Thomas Jul 1, 2004 3156
GULF WEDDINGS SHOW WESTERN INFLUENCES. Brief Article Jun 1, 2004 165
Crossing borders: the extent to which the voices of exiled and refugee women have adapted to their new Western diasporic space. Langer, Jennifer May 1, 2004 4574
Beyond the crusades: why Huntington, and Bin Ladin, are wrong. Wedeen, Lisa Jun 22, 2003 3736
Revisiting Solzhenitsyn. Teichmann, Max Jun 22, 2003 1863
How to kill independence. (Not in Black or White). Orakwue, Stella May 1, 2003 1545
Oh dear! "Impressionable" Gambian parents are taking money and handing over their children to Western paedophiles who visit the country to prey on children. Abdoulie Sey reports from Banjul. (Around Africa: The Gambia). Sey, Abdoulie Brief Article Apr 1, 2003 647
What is an African body worth today? (Not in Black or White). Orakwue, Stella Feb 1, 2003 1586
China imports self-help. (Market Horizons). Crainer, Stuart Jan 1, 2003 672
American Muslims and a meaningful human rights discourse in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Shakir, Imam Zaid Jan 1, 2003 6273
All for one ... Egyptians are boycotting American and Israeli products in support of the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories. (Boycott). McGrath, Cam Dec 1, 2002 1038
Weapons of mass hypocrisy. (Lest We Forget). De Figueiredo, Antonio Nov 1, 2002 1483
Retreats into fantasy. Pryce-Jones, David Nov 1, 2002 2867
A nation worth defending. (American Thought). Bennett, William J. Cover Story Nov 1, 2002 3164
Earth summit: the Africans steal the show. (Special Report). Commey, Pusch; Mbakwe, Tom Oct 1, 2002 3242
Ghana does the African have a religion? (History Month). Williams, Chancellor Oct 1, 2002 1375
Bridging the digital divide: new route to development or new form of dependency? Wade, Robert Hunter Oct 1, 2002 10055
Politics, passion and the "puritan temper": Godwin's critique of enlightened modernity. Weston, Rowland Sep 22, 2002 11400
The fortunes of permanence. (The survival of culture: X). Kimball, Roger Jun 1, 2002 7752
In praise of vulgarity: How commercial culture liberates Islam--and the West. Freund, Charles Paul Mar 1, 2002 8536
The Pro- & Anti-Western Split Within Regimes. Brief Article Jan 21, 2002 502
The cultural war on Western civilization. (The survival of culture: V). Windschuttle, Keith Jan 1, 2002 7265
Theology and the Clash of Civilizations. Miles, Jack Jan 1, 2002 2802
Forgive and forget? But we are Westerners! (Not in black or white). Orakwue, Stella Brief Article Dec 1, 2001 946
Prime minister criticized for Western culture remarks. Donovan, Gill Brief Article Oct 12, 2001 252
ARAB-EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Sept. 26 - Berlusconi Vaunts West's 'Superiority'. Brief Article Sep 29, 2001 419
Civilization in a Rush. Kundera, Milan Brief Article Sep 22, 2001 266
The refugee speaks. (Baffour's Beefs). Ankomah, Baffour Editorial Jul 1, 2001 2248
ISLAM AND THE WEST: FROM DISCORD TO UNDERSTANDING. Shuja, Sharif Critical Essay May 1, 2001 3401
The perils of designer tribalism. Kimball, Roger Apr 1, 2001 4269
'Eastern' and 'Western' nationalisms. Anderson, Benedict Jan 1, 2001 4557
Geography and Empire in the Late Renaissance. Botero's Assignment, Western Universalism, and the Civilizing Process [*]. HEADLEY, JOHN M. Dec 22, 2000 15402
Deconstructing Our Civilization. Harrigan, Anthony Mar 22, 2000 2553
LONELY NEW WORLD. PFAFF, WILLIAM Brief Article Jan 28, 2000 827
The Drama of Modern Western Identity. GRESS, DAVID R. Jan 1, 2000 1710
AFRICA: BEYOND 2000. Versi, Anver; Nevin, Tom Jan 1, 2000 7861
CHANGING BRITAIN. Wedd, George Dec 1, 1999 3241
Blaming the barbarians. Parenti, Michael May 1, 1998 1312
Christology and the arts 'keep hope alive.' (Katrinka Vanderbauwhede and her class in the arts of the Western Civilization at NYC's Covenant of the Sacred Heart school)(Catholic Education) LeFevere, Patricia Mar 28, 1997 1350
The intellectual bankruptcy of multiculturalism. Famularo, Thomas J. May 1, 1996 2260

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