Social Ministry—Do We and Should We Teach a Theology and Practice of Social Ministry and Justice? We talk a lot about social ministry and a ministry of mercy–but do we teach about it? In this edition of Issues, you will find ten discussions from a variety of perspectives to expand your own teaching repertoire on Micah […]
A Mormon Perspective on Religious Freedom: This presentation, made at Claremont Graduate University, is from Mormon Elder Dallin Oaks, a current member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The address was made at Claremont’s 2016 Mormon Studies Religious Freedom Conference.
The Resurrection of St. Benedict’s: Here is the 60 Minutes page and video on St. Benedict’s Prep, the all-boys prep school in Newark for low-income students of color that has a graduation rate of 98 percent. See also the Huffington Post story.
What Apple’s Encryption Fight Has to Do with Religious Freedom: Apple’s case reminds us of the broad importance of protecting organizations—both secular and religious, for-profit and non-profit—from compulsion to act against their most foundational values. These cases give us a chance to consider the public good of providing institutions—whether companies, niche craft stores, or religious nonprofits—with enough […]
Bible Colleges Lose Challenge To State Regulation: An Illinois federal district court rejected constitutional challenges by a group of Bible Colleges to three Illinois statutes that regulate institutions of higher education in the state. The statutes generally require approval by the state Board of Higher Education to operate a degree-granting college or grant degrees or certificates […]
Catholic School Principal’s Title VII Suit Dismissed Under “Ministerial Exception”: a New York federal district court held that the “ministerial exception” prevents a lay principal of a Catholic elementary school from suing for employment discrimination. The principal alleged that her employment was terminated as a result of gender discrimination and retaliation. In relying on the ministerial […]
Why Math Rocks: The natural sciences are about identifying patterns in nature that we then call “laws.” These laws have some form of mathematical expression (Newton’s laws of motion and gravity). Laws are so essential to our understanding of the universe that many scientists believe that math goes beyond human invention, being the fundamental language […]
‘Body Hacking’ Movement Rises Ahead Of Moral Answers: Body hackers view the world differently. They believe technology has reached a point where it can improve the human body instead of just fixing what’s broken. From pacemakers to color cameras for the brain of the color-blind, the goal is the human body augmented by devices. Students can […]
Survey: Americans Say Christians Face Intolerance, but Complain Too Much: 63 percent say Christians face increasing intolerance, up from half (50 percent) in 2013. A similar number (60 percent) say religious liberty is on the decline, up from just over half (54 percent) in 2013. Forty-three percent say American Christians complain too much about how they are treated, […]
From ‘Exodus’ to ‘God’s Not Dead 2’: The new wave of religious movies, explained — If there were a family tree for modern religious movies, the forefather would be Mel Gibson’s 2004 phenomenon “The Passion of the Christ.” Observers group these movies together. but the movies tend to fall into a handful of different camps. Some are […]
