A Clerk’s Struggle — A human interest account of RFRA and a courthouse clerk who decided not to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Agree or disagree, this article might serve as a discussion-starter for exploring vocation and the Christian’s agency in both God’s left-hand kingdom and His right-hand kingdom.
Sustain Religious Freedom Because “Religion” is not a Legal Category
Sustain Religious Freedom Because “Religion” is not a Legal Category — This Rawlsian defense of religious liberty argues that the First Amendment concept of religion is flexible enough to be accommodated legally while keeping the state neutral about theological questions.
World Relgions Demographics Forecast
World Religions Demographics Forecast — By 2050, Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world; Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion will make up a declining share of the world’s total population, and in the United States, Christians will decline from more than three-quarters of the […]
New Christian Voices: Eric Teetsel
New Christian Voices — Eric Teetsel, the young spokesperson for the Evangelical’s Manhattan Declaration, views Christianity in higher education and the public square as closely linked to free market economy and limited government. This 12 min. video offers a perspective for students to consider, assess, and critique in terms of the Reformation’s theology of the […]
Wyoming Catholic College Opts Out of Federal Funding
Wyoming Catholic College Opts Out of Federal Funding — WCC, founded in 2005, announced that it “shall not participate in federal student loan programs.” The decision came after months of analysis and deliberations by the college and a unanimous vote by its board of directors. “While the financial benefits are undeniable,” said a news release, […]
Abortion Spa Seeks to De-stygmatize Procedure
Abortion Spa Seeks to De-stygmatize Procedure — Carafem is a new abortion-pill clinic in Montgomery County that promises a “spa-like” experience for women with a open and unabashed approach to pregnancy termination
The Death Penalty in Asia and the Pacific
From the Internat’l Desk: The Death Penalty in Asia and the Pacific — An Amnesty International report indicates that after years of moving towards abolition, countries in Asia are now once again using capital punishment while Pacific nations are not.
Who Accredits the College Degree?
Who Accredits the College Degree? — The Illinois Board of Higher Education forbids non-accredited religious schols from offering a “degree” because they don’t meet accreditation standards. Illinois-based Bible colleges have now filed a federal lawsuit accusing the state board of overstepping the First Amendment and infringing on their rights to free religious exercise and free […]
Luther on Justice
Luther on Justice — This brief essay examines Luther’s perspective on justice from his early writing in the Heidelberg Disputation to his work in Bondage of the Will: “Luther knows that the question about God’s justice (that is, about the apparent lack of God’s justice in our experience of this fallen and incomplete world), rages […]
Notre Dame, Ave Maria, and a Professor’s Case Study on Natural Law with Students
Notre Dame, Ave Maria, and a Professor’s Case Study on Natural Law with Students — The writer uses his students’ analysis to take a position in the dispute over the Diocese of San Francisco’s asserting Catholic doctrine on sexuality: “The poor and the children of the poor need champions for their cause, and rescue from […]
