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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 30, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. Jay Gary offers three church scenarios for the year 2020, written from a pastoral viewpoints. Rather than projections or prophecies, they  weigh how immigrants, women or emerging generations might shape the church in greater measure over the next decade. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Cox Addresses Future of Faith';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 28, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Renowned Harvard Divinity theologian, Dr. Harvey Cox, evaluates various trajectories in the future of religion, including the desire to experience God beyond dogma, and the porous boundaries between Christianity and other faiths. He concludes by summarizing insights from his latest book, The Future of Faith and answering questions during this C-Span broadcast. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Forces of Fortune confront Fundamentalism';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 20, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In his new book, <i>Forces of Fortune</i>, Vali Nasr argues is the rising new Muslim business class who will transform Islam, not its clerics. Nasr points to Turkey, Dubai, Iran, Pakistan to provide a whole new way to think about the future of Islam. Rather than see culture and religion as primary drivers, Nasr sees economic growth through Islamic capitalism as showing a way beyond fundamentalism. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslims Discuss Faith & Governance at CPWR';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec  7, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Discussions by leading Muslim leaders and scholars at the Parliament of the World\'s Religions (CPWR) on Dec 5th turned to Islam and Politics: Faith, Governance and Society. Panelists included Anwar Ibrahim, Dr Tariq Ramadan, Dr Siti Musdah Mulia, Dr Fahad a Alhomoudi, Dr Mahdi Mostafavi and Dr Burhanettin Tatar. The discussion represented a variety of views on religion and democracy and human rights.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Future Code of Israel';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec  4, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. David Passig, Israeli strategist and futurist, has released a book entitled, <I>The Future Code,</I>, which considers what foresight methodologies offer a discussion of the future of Israel, from 10 to 50 years out.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Future of Buddhism';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Nov 25, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In this <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkIerY9LeIE" \ntarget=_blank>YouTube</a> video clip,&nbsp;Carter Phipps of EnlightenNext \nmagazine asks <A href="http://www.sulak-sivaraksa.org/en/" target=_blank>Sulak Sivaraksa</A> \nabout the future of Buddhism to address a suffering world (Barcelona, 2004). Is \nBuddhism still relevant in a complex world, where there is structural \nviolence?';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Religion of Science Fiction';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Oct 27, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sometimes the future of religion in outer space is conspicuous by its absence. \nConsider this <A \nhref="http://merecatholics.blogspot.com/2004/06/faith-manages-on-babylon-5.html" \ntarget=_blank>blog entry</A> that compares the absence of religion on <EM>Star \nTrek: The Next Generation</EM>, with its presence on <EM>Babylon 5</EM>.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Tributes to Dr. Richard S. Kirby';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Oct 26, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. Richard S. Kirby, was many things to many different audiences. Here are seven tributes to Dr. Richard Kirby, written by colleagues upon hearing about his death. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Chaplain to the Stars, Memorial to Dr. Kirby';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Oct  3, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'A memorial service was held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 for Rev. Dr. Richard S. Kirby in Edmonds, WA. This article captures the written memorial prepared for that occasion, recapping his life and service. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Farewell Dr. Richard S. Kirby (1949-2009)';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 24, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<IMG alt="Rev. Dr. Richard S. Kirby (1949-2009)" \nsrc="http://www.wnrf.org/cms/uploads/kirby1.jpg" align=right border=1>It is with profound sorrow that the World Network of Religious Futurists inform its membership that <A \nhref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Kirby" target=_blank>Dr. Richard S. Kirby</A>, chaplain and former chairman of this network from 1993 to 2005, passed away September 24, 2009 in Edmonds, WA, at his home. He was only 60 years old, and died suddenly from what appears to have been a brain aneurysm. He was an inspiration to the religious futures movement. He is best known as the author of <EM>Temples of Tomorrow</EM> \n(1993)&nbsp;with the late Earl Brewer, and also <EM>The Leadership of Civilization Building</EM> (2002) with Richard J. Spady. In 2005 he became the first President and Chaplain of <A \nhref="http://keplerspaceuniversity.com" target=_blank>Kepler University</A>, an astronomical and \ntheological college. It is clear that&nbsp;all those \nwithin WNRF&nbsp;were so very much affected by his friendship and vision and \nworked on so many different projects to actualize these visions. <A href="http://www.wnrf.org/cms/deathnotice.shtml">Click here for details</A>.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Book Preview: Temples of Tomorrow';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 23, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'A preview of "The Temples of Tomorrow," the foundational textbook of religious futurism by Earl D.C. Brewer and Richard S. Kirby. "Temples" is the first major book to arise from the interaction of the futures studies movement and multi-faith scholarship.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Future of Ideal Language';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 14, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. Richard S. Kirby calls on all religious communities to rebuild social discourse using ideal language. This article was typical of Dr. Kirby\'s numerous essays or speeches, he chose to view crises as opportunities to recreate our vision of a preferred future. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Redirecting Holocaust Memorialization Toward Humanization';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/holocaust_futures.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 13, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. Art Shostak, an American labor futurist, believes the future of religion in the next quarter century hinges in some unknowable way on the quality of Holocaust memorialization, as this involves Jews and non-Jews alike. He is concerned that over 60 years of memorialization emphasis only on the Horror has grievously under-valued the humanistic content hidden from sight (literally and figuratively) in the lives of millions of prisoners in over 2,000 concentration/labor camps.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Future of Religious Leadership';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/elijahsurvey.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 11, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The <A href="http://www.elijah-interfaith.org" target=new>Elijah Interfaith Institute</A> of Jerusalem is conducting a survey this month, polling people on their atttitudes toward their religious leadership, both local and global. Those who take the <A \nhref="http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=NCNOL_dacf185d" target=new>10 minute survey</A> can request the results. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Tone and the Music ';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/obama_cairo.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jun  6, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '\'I have come here to Cairo seek a new beginning,\' claimed Obama. The President \nspoke in Cairo to the Muslim World--and Israeli center listened. Catch Obama\'s \n<A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/NewBeginning/" target=_blank>\'new \nbeginning\' speech</A> and then consider Uri Avnery\'s commentary, \'<A \nhref="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1244289868/" \ntarget=_blank>The Tone and the Music</A>,\' and its significance for the Arab \nworld. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Virtual New Jerusalem Game Proposed to Google';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/virtual_jerusalem_temple.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 11, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man, Jewish scholar and cyber-architext has proposed that a virtual New Jerusalem global multi-user computer game system be built to fulfill the redemptive visions of the prophets of Israel.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Creating a Future Islamic Civilization';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/shaz_future_islamic.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec  4, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Rashid Shaz of MilliTimes, New Delhi, has released a new book entitled, Creating a Future Islamic Civilization. Appearing initially as editorials pieces at <A \nhref="http://www.futureislam.com/" target=_new>futureislam.com</A>, this book is an open invitation to create an Islamic civilization, as a pan-Islamic alternative in the midst of a crumbling capitalist civilization. Read Shaz\' preface.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Kirby Calls for a New Wall Street';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Oct 12, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<IMG alt="Dr. Kirby speaks on the New Wall Street" hspace=5 \nsrc="http://wnrf.org/cms/uploads/kirby-wallstreet2-xsm.jpg" align=left \nborder=0>Could the foundations of a new money encompass both human risk and divine grace? In this 12-minute interview, WNRF\'s chaplain, Dr. Richard Kirby discusses the moral meaning of the recent Wall Street meltdown and the opportunity it presents to Americans. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Is McCain\'s VP Choice Post-Denominational?';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 31, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'When news broke that McCain had chosen a woman, Sarah Palin, an unknown Governor from Alaska, religious journalists scrambled to understand her relationship to Christianity. After eight years of a unpopular Evangelical in the White House, would Palin be a sign of that the Religious Right has a future? John Allen, Jr., an NCR senior correspondent, weights in on the subject, while Dr. Jay Gary of ChristianFutures.com weighs the temperament that should guide the future leaders of the free world.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'New Sharia law marriage contract gives Muslim women rights';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug  8, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain. Hailed as the biggest change in Sharia law in Britain for 100 years, a married Muslim couple will now have equal rights. A husband will have to waive his right to polygamy, allowed under Islamic law, in the new contract which has been described as \'revolutionary\'. ';
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