Amish Girl Won’t Be Compelled to Continue Chemo — A court-appointed guardian is dropping her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy after she and her parents fled their home to avoid treatment.
The Priest Who Faced Down the Federal Government
The Priest Who Faced Down The Federal Government — When the U.S. government told him he couldn’t hold services at a Georgia naval base during last month’s government shutdown, Fr. Ray Leonard filed suit against the Department of Defense, contending the directive violated his freedom of speech and his right to religious expression.
Polytechnic Utiliversity: Putting the Universal Back in University
Polytechnic Utiliversity: Putting the Universal Back in University — The ideal of a liberal education that carries its end in its very practice has been supplanted by an efficiency-driven program of knowledge making and a respective training in the communicative, mathematical, and scientific skills necessary for contributing to this knowledge making and applying it to […]
Christian Perspectives on Animal Rights
Christian Perspectives on Animal Rights — Animal welfare is a lively topic among Christians in the United States and England, including some political or theological conservatives. As Christians ask how their faith requires them to treat animals, they may force animal rights activists, a mostly secular lot, to reconsider their views on Christians.
Megachurch and Money: The House That Steve Built
Megachurch and Money: The House That Steve Built — More than 14,000 people attend Elevation’s six campuses each weekend. The budget for the church will likely top $25 million this year. The problem, though, is that the good Elevation and churches like it do may be undone by financial and organizational controversies.
How Christianity Makes Emotional Sense
How Christianity Makes “Emotional Sense” — A discussion on the limits of reason and argument in witness and apologetics as well as the role of the affective character in faith and convictions.
