The Christianity Today update page on the Planned Parenthood abortion tissue news. This page includes several topics for course content and instructional material in classes such as ethics, journalism, law, theology, and public health.
Planned Parenthood: How We Talk About Life and Death
This column from Jim Wallis and Sandi Villareal in Sojourners offers some discussion on the PP abortion tissue videos (2015) and the image of God: “As a society and as individuals, when we fail to recognize the imago dei in others, we trend further away from our uniquely human capacity to empathize and closer to […]
Polls, Statistics, and Religion Culture Shift: Some Disputes
An exchange students can learn from is going on between sociologist Robert Wuthnow and the Pew Research Center. Wuthnow raises several concerns about the accuracy and conclusions of polling and surveys, particularly about culture shifts in religion. The Pew Research Center responds. Check the highlighted links here for content useful in sociology, statistics, journalism, psychology, […]
The Spiritual Implications of Epigenetics
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge (Jer. 31:29). This interview with Rachel Yehuda, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, is an informative update on research in epigenetics. Yehuda discusses the current science, its application to the Holocaust and 9/11, and its implications for the intersection of the spiritual […]
