... itself into conflict dilemmas of its own devising and/or make problems worse instead of better.
In general, the prosperity gospel (PG) has been called the “health and wealth” gospel, wherein spiritual leaders believe that the position, behavior, values, and interests of their congregation result in them attaining a singularly unique advantage. Most importantly, there is a direct correlation between “giving more” and “getting more.” In religious scholarship, this supposed gospel has been ...
... aid. It is worth noting that authors often add such comparisons to their texts without any deliberate calculus, simply because they belong to this reading subculture due to their age and personal preferences.
Ivan Timofeev:
Russia and the West: Are Values the Problem?
Between Mordor and Rivendell
With global affairs being one of the key newsmakers, it is not surprising that literary images are hectically sized up by commentators who apply them to various statesmen or even entire nations. For instance,...
... coalition in Afghanistan, protests and even riots in the United States and Europe, political intrigues between the closest allies, and the erosion of the cultural code amid migration flows, and much, much more.
Ivan Timofeev:
Russia and the West: Are Values the Problem?
It would seem that there is nothing to doubt. The proud and selfish giant is about to fall to pieces. And in place of the world order he created, a still incomprehensible, but completely different world will arise. The transition will ...
... society with all its attendant problems
The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation approved by the President of Russia will go down in history as a document that sharpened the issue of the country’s traditional spiritual and moral values. Values were also featured in in its predecessor, Strategy 2015. However, Strategy 2021 has new accents. The source of the threat is the “Westernisation” of culture. Russian values, according to the document, are being attacked by the United ...
On April 25–26, 2019, MGIMO of the Foreign Ministry of Russia hosted the forum “Values and Interests in Communication between Russia and the West”.
On April 25–26, 2019, MGIMO of the Foreign Ministry of Russia hosted the forum “Values and Interests in Communication between Russia and the West”. The event was organized ...
... prepared on request of the Korber Foundation (
Korber Stiftung
).
On the basis of the surveys carried out on a representative sample of respondents in Russia and Germany, the authors of the research presented their findings regarding similar or differing values of the German and Russian societies, as well as their prevailing perceptions of each other, the European Union, and the major international issues of our time and world politics in general.
RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov gave his comments ...
