Faith and Public Life: Articles

Dec 22 2011

Religious Exemptions Tightening

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Dec-22-2011
The Washington Examiner reports on new restrictions on tax exemptions for religious organizations by the Department of Health and Human Services. From the article (...
Dec 20 2011

Tebowing v. Showboating

By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Dec-20-2011
Humility is not a virtue readily found in America today – especially on the field of play.  A football player makes a touchdown, a forward ...
Dec 05 2011

Discriminating Against Churches

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Dec-05-2011
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take an important case on appeal today.  The appeal came from a church in the Bronx that had been ...
Nov 29 2011

Moral Absolutes and Going Green

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Nov-29-2011
Our Chairman, Ken Connor, passed along a great article written by Jim Tonkowich at Breakpoint.  Tonkowich argues that the current "green movement" is a great ...
Nov 12 2011

Reflections on Issues Facing America

By Robert C. Wilson | Posted in CJS Forum, Featured Post | Nov-12-2011
There is a saying widely attributed to German origins that says, "We get too soon old, and too late smart." I am hereby giving personal ...
Oct 29 2011

The Science vs. Religion Myth

By Trevor Thomas | Posted in CJS Forum, Featured Post | Oct-29-2011
The word "science" is derived from the Latin word "scientia," meaning "knowledge." All knowledge is derived from certain governing presuppositions. In other words, ...
Oct 11 2011

Are Mormons Christian?

By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Oct-11-2011
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.  He would either ...
Oct 01 2011

On Faith and Politics

By David Roemer | Posted in CJS Forum, Featured Post | Oct-01-2011
David Roemer spoke on topics relating to his Forum article with the "Truth Talk Radio" internet radio show.  Listen to his discussion of religion, philosophy, ...
Sep 13 2011

Clergy Banished from Ground Zero

By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Sep-13-2011
On Sunday, September 11, 2011, Americans across the country and around the world joined together to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.  On ...
Aug 30 2011

Google Against Churches?

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Aug-30-2011
Google just took a strange step with their Google Apps Nonprofit program.  In the past, nonprofit organizations could appeal to Google to get a free ...

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