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Matthew Hisrich
Matthew Hisrich received his MDiv in teaching and theology from the Earlham School of Religion, where he now serves as Director of Recruitme
Recent Content by Matthew Hisrich
A number of Earlham School of Religion students, faculty, and others have been meeting recently on campus for book studies over lunch. The book that started us gathering was Peter Rollins’s Insurrection . Rollins, for those of you who aren’t familiar with him, started a church in a bar in...
I would like to extend my appreciation to ESR for hosting the Willson Lectures , to David Johns for arranging Joerg Rieger’s visit, to Rieger himself for coming all the way to Richmond and presenting, and to Mandy Ford for working to make the lectures available for viewing online. I believe that...
In preparation for the 2011 Willson Lectures at the Earlham School of Religion (ESR) - a Quaker seminary in Richmond, Indiana - I tracked down and have been reading a copy of Joerg Rieger’s book No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future. I have been interested in the ideas of...
How applying the logic of the 1862 Homestead Act to local economic development might improve the chances of success for such efforts.
A discussion of the economic research surrounding tax abatements and incentives as local economic development tools.
Proponents of "going local" claim that eating locally produced food will be “better your families’ eating habits, protect the environment, and improve the local rural economy.” Does the evidence back them up?
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