religion Archive
As an atheist who believes in spirit-sickness, and the importance of strong values, I find myself having interesting conversations about how that can be. What does it mean to believe in the spirit if you don’t believe in God? How …
Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick (R) has announced a new initiative to harness the power of the faith-based community in helping the state address the child welfare missteps that landed it on the losing end of a class-action lawsuit this year. …
Every idea is someone's idea and every use of an idea is someone's use of the idea. How can a cartoon evoke murdous rage? How can satire justify a religious community's claim of victimhood? Who is so vulnerable to insult …
Photo courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net. STUDENT VOICES | CHYNN PRIZE HONORABLE MENTION By John Tracey “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you …
There is little I can add to the commentary about Indiana’s religious freedom law except that it is an abomination, a relic from a time past that has no place in our society.
A group of Christian activists are campaigning to protect what they see as an infringement of their religious rights within the military. This group states that recent events, furthered by the repeal of DOMA, has impeded on “living your faith …
The resignation of a Pope is not something anyone has seen in this lifetime, or many ones before it. Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation from the Papal throne will come as the first resignation since 1415. He will join only a …
There are risks associated with social work that many don’t speak of. One of the greatest dangers associated with the profession is feeling that knowledge of many other subjects is irrelevant(sloth). It happens to many professions, and I’m not implying …
I saw the Dalai Lama speak once, when asked how we could achieve world peace, he said we all must achieve peace with ourselves first. That made a ton of sense to me, and apparently I am not the only …
Social workers are trained to delineate between economic freedom and humanitarian freedom. Economic freedom is conceptualized as a persons ability to express their will in the market place. By these selections fortunes rise and fall; beliefs are expressed as they financially support the …
