Search for tag: "religion"
Conversation with Richard Rubenstein, Aristotle's ChildrenJoin Professors Jeffrey Sachs and an expert on religious conflict, Richard E. Rubenstein as they discuss Rubenstein’s book, Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews…
From SDG Academy
66 plays
|
|
Conversation with Jessica Rawson, Life and Afterlife in Ancient ChinaJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Jessica Rawson, one of the world’s most eminent scholars of China, as they discuss Rawson’s book, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China. Listen in to learn…
From SDG Academy
289 plays
|
|
Potential Challenges for Development Institutions in Engaging with Islamic Finance StakeholdersAlong with the opportunities for development institutions in working with Islamic finance stakeholders in pursuit of the common and overlapping objectives, there are also challenges which may…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|
|
An Overview of Global Humanitarian Crisis and NeedsToday, millions of people need humanitarian assistance due to natural disasters, war and conflicts, climate change, environmental degradation, and poverty. Add to this the most recent…
From SDG Academy
0 plays
|
|
Islamic Social Finance Instruments: ZakatZakat, most broadly, is a type of almsgiving which is a must to pay for every Muslim who has wealth beyond a certain threshold. It is defined as an Islamic tax on wealth, and those who reach a…
From SDG Academy
1 plays
|
|
Financial InclusionFinancial exclusion can exist due to involuntary or voluntary reasons. Involuntary financial exclusion arises due to economic or social reasons as financial institutions are reluctant to provide…
From SDG Academy
0 plays
|
|
Intangible cultural heritage and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentThis chapter discusses the interdependence between the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development. The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural…
From SDG Academy
70 plays
|
|
Ethics for Troubled TimesDuring times of unrest and uncertainty, how can faith and ethics help our communities take action towards a brighter future? This webinar, held on June 30, 2020, featured faculty from the SDG…
From SDG Academy
1,000 plays
|
|
Religion and Peacebuilding"Religion--the sacred the notion of a deep reality that guides our lives--is an embedded reality. It affects how we think about sexuality and family and commerce and politics and education and…
From SDG Academy
391 plays
|
|
Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous PerspectiveIn this chapter, Grand-father T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin and Grand-mother Marie-Josée Tardif discuss ethics and the connections between people and the Earth in the Anishinaabe tradition of…
From SDG Academy
1,042 plays
|
|
Moral Advocacy: Religious LeadersIn this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses advocacy to mobilize awareness and action, specifically the work of Pope Francis, who has issued several calls to action, most notably the Laudato Si's…
From SDG Academy
9 plays
|
|
Shared Global Vision and EthicsThis chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Globalization: Past and Future. Professor Sachs talks about the need for a shared global vision on ethical values. Part of this task is to design new…
From SDG Academy
154 plays
|
|
The Beginning of Divergence of the West and AsiaProfessor Sachs begins this chapter by explaining Angus Maddison's graphs of GDP per capita and population from the 1700s, in order to explain Europe’s rise to power during the fourth wave…
From SDG Academy
123 plays
|
|
The Medieval Chinese MiracleIn this chapter, Professor Sachs joins the ancient world of the Roman Empire with the world of globalization that commences with Columbus and Vasco da Game in the last decade of the 15th century. He…
From SDG Academy
744 plays
|
|
Religions for PeaceThis case study focuses on William Vendley's organization, Religions for Peace, as an illustration of the conversations and movements happening in religious communities. This video is licensed…
From SDG Academy
771 plays
|
|
Politics, Power, and the Common GoodYou cannot live without living in a state or nation where politics and power are always at work. This is a point stressed by John Cardinal Onaiyekan in his chapter on politics, power, and the common…
From SDG Academy
185 plays
|