Reformation Day — An essay by Timothy George for this year’s Reformation Day: “It is good to remember that Martin Luther belongs to the entire Church, not only to Lutherans and Protestants…. Luther taught that every human being at every moment of life stands absolutely coram Deo, before God, confronted face-to-face by God. This led […]
The Economics of Modern Death: How Money Shapes the End of Life
The Economics of Modern Death: How Money Shapes the End of Life — A brief starter piece for discussing the current norms and expectations about paying for the last of this life. In America, the entry-level funeral costs about $8000. But a funeral isn’t the biggest expense. Most of the money spent at the end […]
The Classic Heresies Endure
The Classic Heresies Endure — Many Christians (not surprisingly) hold views condemned as heretical by some of the most important councils of the early church. This survey from LifeWay Research reveals a significant level of theological confusion that can be used to demonstrate the linkage between cultural influences and theological uncertainty and error.
Human Trafficking Survivors Offered Full Scholarhship at Christian University
Human Trafficking Survivors Offered Full Scholarship at Christian University — Point Loma Nazarene University has officially launched a crowd-funding campaign today with a goal to raise $40,000 in 40 days to fund the Beauty for Ashes Scholarship Fund, named in reference to Isaiah 61:3.
Women’s College Re-defines ‘Women’
Women’s College Re-defines ‘Women’ — Mount Holyoke College announced that the school would accept openly transgender students, including students who were born male but identify themselves as women. The policy change comes after Mills College in Oakland, Calif., announced this summer it would accept “self-identified women” into its all-women’s school.
Leading Evangelical Ethicist Now Pro-LGBT
Leading Evangelical Ethicist Now Pro-LGBT — David Gushee, Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, plans to announce that he now affirms same-sex relationships in a speech to The Reformation Project Conference on Nov. 8.
Transgender Students 2015: Strategies for Serving and Supporting
Transgender Students 2015: Strategies for Serving and Supporting — This webinar offering is a sample of content available to university compliance and student life offices: “It could be argued that higher education is just beginning to grasp the needs of a growing transgender and other gender-nonconforming student population on today’s college campuses.”
Religious Belief and Faith as Rational
Religious Belief and Faith as Rational — These two Cosmos and Culture articles can be used to introduce the reader or student to current themes in psychology and religion. While the ideas are not new (Hume, Schlierermacher, Otto, etc.), these themes are being reexamined in today’s context of the cognitive sciences which may actually tend […]
What is Marriage Now?
What is Marriage Now? — This Christian Century cover-story-plus-comments on a 1 Cor. 7 case for same-sex marriage may serve as a useful discussion piece for Christianity and culture, exegesis and social issues, and personal engagement in controversial matters for the church.
Science, Religion, and the Assumptions We Make
Science, Religion, and the Assumptions We Make — A brief piece on presuppositions in religion, science, and life by Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, research astronomer at the Vatican Observatory. His new book is called Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? (Image, 2014).
