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The Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington has been created by a group of Presbyterian churches in the Washington D.C. area to promote understanding and deepen appreciation of the Reformed tradition among the staffs and members of Presbyterian churches. Can Human Rights Survive Secularization? Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, a distinguished philosopher known for doing creative work on topics of theological interest, spoke at the Reformed Institute Convocation on January 26. The text of his address is provided here. "I want to talk with you today about this distinctive part of our moral culture, the idea of human rights. The focus of my talk is going to be on the inter-relationships and interactions between Christianity and human rights. What do human rights and Christianity have to do with each other? What have they had to do with each other in the past?" Francis James Grimke: Prophet on a Tightrope
"Americans in 1850 suffered from pervasive feelings of ambivalence, ambiguity and
antagonism. For over two decades animosity had simmered over the issue of slavery and
competing theories of states’ rights and federalism. The clash of Cavalier and Yankee
life-styles reinforced sectional biases and cultivated a growing sense of mistrust between
regions and their citizens." How Do I Learn More About the Institute? Contact the Program Coordinator at:
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