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What explains Mexico's uneven gender transition?
Female employment has risen less in Mexico than other Latin American countries
But there's near gender equal representation in Congress
To learn more, I'm travelling to Mexico City, Oaxaca & Merida
DM if you'd like to meet 🇲🇽🙂
Female employment has risen less in Mexico than other Latin American countries
But there's near gender equal representation in Congress
To learn more, I'm travelling to Mexico City, Oaxaca & Merida
DM if you'd like to meet 🇲🇽🙂
What’s my prior?
Mesoamerican civilisations were #patrilineal.
Societal expectations that women should ideally stay at home were reinforced by #Catholicism, which is still pervasive (80%)
Female labour supply thus rises more weakly in response to economic growth.
Mesoamerican civilisations were #patrilineal.
Societal expectations that women should ideally stay at home were reinforced by #Catholicism, which is still pervasive (80%)
Female labour supply thus rises more weakly in response to economic growth.
Guatemala has a higher indigenous (Maya) population and an even lower rate of female labour force participation.
Catholic share is much lower, however (45%).
It's also much poorer.
So it's more stuck in "the patrilineal trap"
Catholic share is much lower, however (45%).
It's also much poorer.
So it's more stuck in "the patrilineal trap"
1/ It came to me very clearly while writing about the #consistentethic and #Catholics this morning.
The consistent ethic, on one view, sought to join what we might call 'sexual morality' to 'social morality,' our concern abt #abortion to other issues.
The consistent ethic, on one view, sought to join what we might call 'sexual morality' to 'social morality,' our concern abt #abortion to other issues.
2/ Bernardin hoped a call for consistency would bring together these strands of what the #CatholicChurch teaches us.
The divisions that would thwart him already existed in 1983 when he proposed the consistent ethic. But there would be other problems.
The divisions that would thwart him already existed in 1983 when he proposed the consistent ethic. But there would be other problems.
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1/ #Catholicism is not an identity. There is no "#Catholic identity."
Catholicism is the proclamation of an encompassing message of transformation suited to all times & places.
Identity is a #postmodern preoccupation.
1/ #Catholicism is not an identity. There is no "#Catholic identity."
Catholicism is the proclamation of an encompassing message of transformation suited to all times & places.
Identity is a #postmodern preoccupation.
2/ As #Catholicism is suited to all times & places that's fine. But the assertion of #Catholic identity rarely (if ever) intends to embrace #postmodernism (or even modernity).
3/ Identity comes from the Latin "idem" for "same," which a casual historical exploration would tell us #Catholicism never is. It has had countless historical and cultural expressions.
At the most obvious level, today the #CatholicChurch is 23 rites.
At the most obvious level, today the #CatholicChurch is 23 rites.
AN AGNOSTIC WITH NO AX TO GRIND TOLD ME, ‘IF I WERE RELIGIOUS, I’D BE A ROMAN CATHOLIC.’
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1. It was the haphazard remark of a photographer, an agnostic I believe, that opened my eyes... it was to the effect
#CatholicEdChat #Jesus #Twitter #Bible #books #BookTwitter
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1. It was the haphazard remark of a photographer, an agnostic I believe, that opened my eyes... it was to the effect
#CatholicEdChat #Jesus #Twitter #Bible #books #BookTwitter
2. that if Christianity were true, obviously the Roman Catholic Church, with her authority was right.
It was the testimony of a man who had no ax to grind. A Jewish dentist made the same remark in effect to me shortly afterwards. The man-in-the-street
#Catholicism #Christianity
It was the testimony of a man who had no ax to grind. A Jewish dentist made the same remark in effect to me shortly afterwards. The man-in-the-street
#Catholicism #Christianity
3. testifies the same with his: ‘If I were religious, I’d be a Roman Catholic.’
WHY SHOULD I STAKE MY IMMORTAL SOUL UPON HUMAN OPINION?
I entered upon an intensive study of the point. I read the history of the doctrine,
#invest
WHY SHOULD I STAKE MY IMMORTAL SOUL UPON HUMAN OPINION?
I entered upon an intensive study of the point. I read the history of the doctrine,
#invest
@Goodtweet_man @melbataj @GaussNP @kwhitaker_ @wbbcctv @xpstudiospnguin
I am considering making a Facebook group for #ProLife for the #Whole Life (#ConsistentLifeEthic) Christian leftists of various kinds, from #socdems, to #socialists, to #distributists, and
I am considering making a Facebook group for #ProLife for the #Whole Life (#ConsistentLifeEthic) Christian leftists of various kinds, from #socdems, to #socialists, to #distributists, and
others, to combat these following false stigmas about #Christianity(including #Catholicism) and #leftism:
1. That #Christians(including #Catholics) can’t be #leftists/#socialists/etc.
2. That leftists can’t be #religious
3. That leftists can’t be #ProLife
Do you think this
1. That #Christians(including #Catholics) can’t be #leftists/#socialists/etc.
2. That leftists can’t be #religious
3. That leftists can’t be #ProLife
Do you think this
is a good idea? I want to find more people who have a similar mentality of me. Or maybe I could expand it to just do prolife religious leftists in general, considering some other pro-life whole-life religious leftists may also face scrutiny by both American leftist and
One of the leading figures of French #islamologie in modern times was Louis Massignon (1883-1962) chair at the Collège de France on #Islam and whose name is forever associated with the study of Sufism and an #empathetic study of #Islam 1/
In fact his turn to faith before WW1 followed a trip to #Iraq in 1907 and encounter with Muslim hospitality and spirituality reawakened his #Catholicism along with the #intercessionary friendship of Joris-Karl Huysmans (1838-1907) and the hermit Charles de Foucauld (1848-1916) 2/
After his own doubt, De Foucauld became a Trappist monk living in Morocco, Syria and then in the Algerian Sahara with the Tuareg when he was martyred in 1916 and is currently in the process of being canonised by Pope Francis vaticannews.va/en/vatican-cit… 2a/
Around 3000 BCE in eastern #Europe, a Proto-Balto-Slavic #language started to diverge from #ProtoIndoEuropean.
The #Slavic branch of the #IndoEuropean #languages began about 2,000 years later when Proto-Slavic deviated from Proto-Balto-Slavic.
[Image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balt…]
The #Slavic branch of the #IndoEuropean #languages began about 2,000 years later when Proto-Slavic deviated from Proto-Balto-Slavic.
[Image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balt…]
As the #Slavic-speaking area expanded during the first millennium CE (striped area on map), Proto-Slavic transitioned to Common Slavic. The #language underwent minor changes that occurred mostly uniformly across eastern #Europe, thereby maintaining mutual intelligibility.
Around the year 1000 CE #CommonSlavic began to split into the South, West, and East branches to which all modern #Slavic #languages belong.
Roughly 315m people speak a Slavic #language, mostly in Eastern #Europe (including the #Balkan peninsula), #CentralAsia, and #Siberia.
Roughly 315m people speak a Slavic #language, mostly in Eastern #Europe (including the #Balkan peninsula), #CentralAsia, and #Siberia.
@rlefraim wrote, "A COMMENT ABOUT POPE FRANCIS
I PREFACE MY REMARKS BELOW TO SAY THAT I AM NOT ANTI-ANY GROP OF PEOPLE. I JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR BEHAVIOR, NOT ON THEIR RACE, RELIGION OF ETHNICITY. 1) #PopeFrancis #ANTISEMITISM #AntiAmerica #AntiTrump #AntiIsrael
I PREFACE MY REMARKS BELOW TO SAY THAT I AM NOT ANTI-ANY GROP OF PEOPLE. I JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR BEHAVIOR, NOT ON THEIR RACE, RELIGION OF ETHNICITY. 1) #PopeFrancis #ANTISEMITISM #AntiAmerica #AntiTrump #AntiIsrael
That having been said, I think Roman Catholics should understand that their current Pope, Pope Francis, is a childish, resentful, anti-American, antisemitic fool, who is bad for the Church & for the world & who is failing as a positive spiritual leader. 2) #PopeFrancis
He is no John Paul II by any means. More like a Pope Pius XII (Pacelli). Whose moral compass often was compromised for expediency. 3) #AntiTrump #immigration #AntiAmerican
The colonial encounter
between Europeans and Africans
did not always end with Europeans triumphing.
Either at first, or later.
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#colonialism
#AfricanHistory
#Blackhistory
#BlackHistoryMonth2019
#Ethiopia
#Ethiopianwomen
#AfricanChristianity
Thread # is #Africanarchive
between Europeans and Africans
did not always end with Europeans triumphing.
Either at first, or later.
1/9
#colonialism
#AfricanHistory
#Blackhistory
#BlackHistoryMonth2019
#Ethiopia
#Ethiopianwomen
#AfricanChristianity
Thread # is #Africanarchive
Check out this fascinating moment
in the history of
colonial encounters between Europeans and Africans:
From 1557 to 1632,
#Jesuit missionaries from Portugal and Spain
endeavored to convert the #Ethiopians
from their ancient form of #Christianity
to Roman #Catholicism
2/9
in the history of
colonial encounters between Europeans and Africans:
From 1557 to 1632,
#Jesuit missionaries from Portugal and Spain
endeavored to convert the #Ethiopians
from their ancient form of #Christianity
to Roman #Catholicism
2/9
After fifty years of failing to convert Ethiopians,
the Portuguese sent a new group of Jesuits to Ethiopia in 1603,
including a priest named Pedro Paez,
whose diplomacy and sympathy for the
tenets of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
enabled him to convert the emperor.
3/9
the Portuguese sent a new group of Jesuits to Ethiopia in 1603,
including a priest named Pedro Paez,
whose diplomacy and sympathy for the
tenets of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
enabled him to convert the emperor.
3/9
Short thread on #Catholicism (lapsed, in my case), #highered, #divorce, & what it means to allow grace into our lives on Holy Thursday & always.
#HolyThursday is my favorite day of the Catholic year: It's a day to reflect not only on serving others, but on letting them serve us.
#HolyThursday is my favorite day of the Catholic year: It's a day to reflect not only on serving others, but on letting them serve us.
As a child in the Catholic Church, I knew service represented the core of my family's faith. How can we use our gifts to enrich others? How can we make ourselves humble before the tasks of service? How can we bless others via care?
Turns out, this is the EASY part of service.
Turns out, this is the EASY part of service.
It is EASY to serve my students, my friends, and my family by loving them. By showing mercy when mistakes are made. By offering space and by offering closeness. By loving others in ways that work for THEM, not just ways that would work for ME.
Being a servant this way is easy.
Being a servant this way is easy.
1 The man who leads weekly Bible studies for members of Trump’s cabinet, as well as members of the House and Senate, wants to inculcate your state legislators and local government officials with his biblical worldview rightwingwatch.org/post/leader-of…
2 Ralph Drollinger teaches: God only hears the prayers of Christians, Christians in government have an obligation to hire only other Christians, social welfare programs are unbiblical, and the death penalty is required by the Bible
3 Drollinger says the Bible doesn’t permit women to teach men, but does have some “unambiguous responsibilities” for women: homemaking, home management, mothering, teaching younger women, displaying hospitality, and dressing modestly
