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The Campaign to Eliminate Hell: This NG brief update on the age-old discussions about hell can be used in courses in geography, doctrine, psychology, and faith and life. While religious philosophers have argued over the true nature of hell since the earliest days of Christianity, the debate has become especially pronounced in recent decades among […]
The Ken Starr-Baylor story shows how religious schools struggle to deal with sex assault: This coverage addresses the dual problem of how to balance the country’s encouragement of sexual assault victims to come forward with campus rules that restrict sexual behavior and, as a result, often inhibit open discussion. See also the discussion from Baylor alumnus Terry […]
Do Women Need Periods? More women in their 20s and 30s are choosing to suppress their menstrual cycles. “Views are changing really rapidly,” E. Micks, MD, says. “That need to have regular periods is not just in our society anymore.” J. Prior, MD, says women should think carefully before trying to suppress their cycle. “Having a […]
The Empty Brain: “Like a computer” continues to be the current common brain analogy. This comparison fails on several levels (as have previous analogies across the centuries). Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, explains why in this very readable in-depth article. Recommended for students and all readers.
Mercersburg Theology, Eucharistic Union, and Civil Society: Union in Christ does not translate to union in culture. Mercersburg theology is an ironic misstep. In seeking to magnify the significance of the Church’s sacramental identity, it diminishes that identity by applying to civil society the unique unity that belongs, and can belong, to the Church alone.
The Summer 2016 edition of Comment addresses the theme of “Our Built World: Some Assembly Required.” We are called to shape and form creation. It’s not a question of whether we’ll employ technology in our cultural labor; the question is how. Technology is as old as Eden. Tools for tilling the garden were anticipations of quill […]
Quiet Calling: More than 50 million children attend public elementary and secondary schools in the United States, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. That means roughly 90 percent of K-12 students spend their most impressionable years in an environment that is largely hostile to Christianity. A gathering sponsored by Biola University, Azusa Pacific […]
Title VII defendants can recover attorney’s fees without prevailing “on the merits”: The Supreme Court has unanimously held that a defendant seeking attorney’s fees can be a “prevailing party” even without obtaining a favorable judgment “on the merits.” This will allow defendants to recover attorney’s fees from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) even without a […]
WELS School “Discourages Gay, Transgender Enrollment”: This local news piece may prompt some discussion about how local church and church school personnel select their words and expressions about controversial issues that intersect with Biblical teachings, doctrine, practice, and theological traditions. Do church district offices and colleges need to assist these busy people with some written […]
Is the United States a Counterexample to the Secularization Thesis? — Forthcoming in the American Journal of Sociology, this article says that “the United States should no longer be considered a counterexample to the secularization thesis,” “it is no longer clear that the U.S. is on a qualitatively different religious trajectory than Europe,” and that “Recognizing […]
