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Have the recent undercover videos about Planned Parenthood had any affect on your actions? LifeWay Research found that 1 in 5 (18 percent) Americans spoke out against Planned Parenthood after the videos became public. One in 8 (12 percent) spoke in support Planned Parenthood. Americans who are aware of the videos disagree on how to respond. […]
Court Rules Against Fontbonne Academy Constitutional Claim: In a decision being called the first of its kind nationally, a state judge has ruled that an all-girls Catholic school in Milton discriminated against a gay man when it rescinded a job offer after learning he was in a same-sex marriage. This case is emerging as the […]
Finding Jesus at Work: Why are more and more companies offering access to chaplains as an employee benefit? — Corporations are providing spiritual guidance to workers by means of Christian chaplains? What’s in it for the company? The potential for profit doesn’t hurt. Chaplaincies add value to companies, potentially helping create lower turnover rates, increased levels of […]
Reformation Laity: a 50 min. video presentation that summarizes Luther’s views on the priesthood of all believers or those Luther referred to as “baptized priests.” This lively talk serves as a good overview of the key themes with attention to the context of the Reformation and the issues both then and now.
Free Exercise, Penance, and Delaware Court: The State of Delaware sought civil penalties against both a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation and the individual elders in an abuse case. The defendants sought summary judgment against the charges on religious freedom and priest-penitent “privilege” grounds. A Delaware Superior Court judge denied the motion. The decision is an illustration of what happens […]
On Supreme Court Case: Why We Can’t “just sign the form” — Sister Constance Veit, communications director for the Little Sisters of the Poor, offers an explanation. “Form 700 is neither a simple declaration of conscientious objection, nor an “opt out” regarding the HHS Contraceptive Mandate. Form 700 is a permission slip. Signing Form […]
Putting The Body Back In Biology: Natasha Myers’s book, Rendering Life Molecular, examines science as a cultural practice. She explores the ways in which scientists’ intuitions, attitudes and expectations are shaped by their shared work together in the setting of their scholarly communities. Her focus is on the protein, chains of amino acids and amino acids produced by DNA […]
Death, the Prosperity Gospel and Me — A first person account from Kate Bowler, historian and author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (Oxford Univ Press, 2013), recently diagnosed with stage four cancer at the age of 35. Helpful for analysis of the God’s will/God’s plan discussion, American notions of the Gospel, and faith […]
Rise of the Neurolawyers: A position paper on law, the courts, and neuroscience. A number of scientists, lawyers, and philosophers suspect that free will is going the way of geocentrism to make room for a revamped theory of human action more in line with the findings of research. The article can serve as an opening piece for […]
Two Articles from Foreign Policy on Outreach to China Through Education: The magazine offers two very detailed stories of how Chinese students are flooding into U.S. Christian secondary schools with the knowledge and blessing of their atheist parents, and how Chinese studying in American universities have become a fruitful mission field for American Christian campus groups. Chinese […]
