Calvin Prof on ‘Radical’ Watchlist: Assistant Professor of Social Work Joseph Kuilema at Calvin College provides this report and response to his name being placed on a website watchlist project of Turning Point USA, whose mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government.
“Man of Steel” Brings Muscular Message to Oppose Right-to-Die Legislation: in 2014, J.J. Hanson was diagnosed with a quickly growing brain tumor. He was given four months to live. More than two years later, Hanson is still alive. And he has positioned himself as the new face of a movement fighting against legislation that will give aid […]
Most Americans Say Assisted Suicide is Morally Acceptable: Two-thirds say it is morally acceptable for terminally ill patients to ask their doctors for help in ending their lives and that doctors should be able to help terminally ill patients die. Americans want more say over how they die. That’s especially true if facing a painful, terminal […]
Video Company Sues So They Won’t Have To Film Same-Sex Weddings: Owners of a Christian video production company have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Minnesota law requiring them to provide services for same-sex weddings. The lawsuit, backed by the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, stated that producing wedding videos for same-sex couples “directly […]
Were Neanderthals Religious? What exactly is religion? This article can introduce the question in a brief and current way, setting up the usual issues of the transcendent, the numinous, symbol and concept, and whether religion is what we do to bind ourselves (ligio) to God, or what God has done in Christ to connect himself […]
Finals Week – Spoken Word by Stefan Vandenkooy: Here is the 3:30 min video from Daniel Robinson making the rounds about the purpose of a college degree. This brief piece might be an item either to close a semester or open a semester. Several related links can found be in a brief search.
SCOTUS for law students: Roe v. Wade and precedent — In the realm of constitutional law, justices generally assert that stare decisis, or respect for precedent, is an important value, but not a definitive one. Respect for precedent is an important part of maintaining doctrinal consistency and advancing the rule of law, they maintain; at the […]
Obergefell v. Hodges and Nonmarriage Inequality: (Note: one free download) The author extends the logic of the Obergefell decision to other relationships and communal arrangements. Students can consider this logic, the nature of social relationships, and the role of law and government. The significance of views on some Biblical anthropology will become evident.
Christmas Music Tells the Story: Students can consider ways to analyze hymn content and the role of language as a vehicle for the means of grace. “Carols and hymns are amazingly succinct theological statements,” says Eileen Guenther, professor of church history at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. “There is more theology in a few […]
How I Learned To Love Statistics — And Why You Should, Too: A theoretical physicist who hated stats now offers this apologia for understanding and using statistics. Students can consider his views on data, truth, and what we can know and not know now that the word post-truth is in the OED.
