Fixing Faulty Genes and Re-writing the Genome — An interesting 8 min. audio clip that ponders the pros and cons of gene editing with one of the pioneer scientists of this potentially beneficial and alarming research. Useful for courses in biology, genetics, ethics, theology, sociology, and research methods.
Five Guidelines for Christians in a Pluralistic Society
Five Guidelines for Christians in a Pluralistic Society — Protestant Christianity is losing the mainstream status it once enjoyed. Law Professor John Inazu suggests ways to model a winsome faith in this changing cultural context.
Exploring Vocation: Undergrad Education as a Quest for Purpose
Exploring Vocation: Undergrad Education as a Quest for Purpose — An update on the Lilly Endowment program for Theological Exploration of Vocation (PTEV) that challenged 88 universities affiliated with a variety of Christian denominations to examine their educating for the Christian’s calling and purpose. See also www.resourcingChristianity.org).
Art and Craft: Free Will, Sin, Biochemistry, Art Forgery, Psychopathology, and Jurisprudence
Art and Craft: Free Will, Sin, Biochemistry, Art Forgery, Psychopathology, and Jurisprudence — Very hard to categorize, this remarkable case involves a bipolar forger who gives away his work under false but not criminal pretenses. Students may find this a fascinating cross-discipline case study involving theology, biology, psychology, criminology, and assorted other -ologies.
Cracks in the Secular
Cracks in the Secular — James K.A. Smith proposes that the emerging normative secularism is not emerging but gasping: “What if an increasingly “secularized” society is not the final victory of some Enlightenment myth in which history ends in unbelief, but rather as the final unsustainable part of a long detour we’ve taken in the […]
Prayer in School: the Support Endures
Prayer in School: the Support Endures — A new poll out from Gallup shows that 61 percent of Americans are in favor of “allowing daily prayer to be spoken in the classroom.” Although this number has declined from previous years it still signifies that most Americans disagree with the Supreme Court’s previous rulings on the […]
How Jesuits Schools are Transforming Urban Education
How Jesuit Schools are Transforming Urban Education — An overview of the Cristo Rey Network offering eight lessons all schools could learn from these parochial college prep schools.
A Tale of Two Christian Colleges
A Tale of Two Christian Colleges — Two Christian colleges, both founded in 1906, both about the same size, have gone in different directions. College of the Ozarks has opted for being a bit peculiar and is thriving. Louisiana College tried the conventional and is struggling.
The Link Between Religious Freedom and National Security
The Link Between Religious Freedom and National Security — An interview with Thomas F. Farr, Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and former diplomat, and his concern about a lack of interest in religious liberty in the State Dept. and why it matters.
The Dignity Deniers
The Dignity Deniers — Dominant cultural voices argue that an individual’s moral worth should be predicated upon his or her individual capacities of the moment. This view is most acutely expressed in bioethics, the field that wields tremendous influence over health-care public policies and in the ethical protocols of medicine.
