April 10, 2013 Follow us on Twitter:@BaylorUMediaCom Contact: Terry Goodrich,(254) 710-3321 WACO, Texas (April 10, 2013) — With cheating rampant — and growing — in American high schools and colleges, researchers at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) will undertake a pilot study investigating the connection between various virtues and measures of academic [...]

Reagan Roy  Online Editor Wednesday, April 10, 2013 – 3:42pm Waco, TX (KWKT) — With cheating rampant, and growing, in American high schools and colleges, researchers at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) will undertake a pilot study investigating the connection between various virtues and measures of academic honesty among college students aspiring [...]

Go to Church, Live Longer Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jerry Newcombe The quest to live longer is an old one. Around this time, we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first known European discovering Florida—Ponce de Leon. This was at Easter time, during which in his native Spain, the cathedrals were filled with [...]

March 22, 2013 Follow us on Twitter: @BaylorUMediaCom Media contact: Terry Goodrich, (254) 710-3321 WACO, Texas (March 22, 2013) – Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host Paul Harvey, Ph.D., for a lecture titled, “The Battle for Jesus During the Civil War.” The lecture will take place at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, at [...]

March 19, 2013   By Philip Jenkins When the cardinals of the Roman Catholic church considered the qualifications of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to serve as Pope, they found much to admire: his leadership experience, his intellect, his passionate but nuanced views on social justice issues. I doubt if they paid much attention to what might [...]

March 16, 2013 Raging on St. Patrick’s Day By Philip Jenkins Among the many millions who celebrate Irishness every March 17, scarcely any wonder for a second whether there is any historical substance to the figure of St. Patrick, any more than to a host of other medieval wonderworkers. Treating such a tale as serious [...]

“GOD Talks” is the newest Aqueduct Project program designed to foster theological understanding among the global evangelical community. The name is an acronym that stands for “Global Orthodox Dialogue”—three words that go a long way toward summarizing Aqueduct’s mission. Talks will feature theologians and Christian educators from around the world in a brief (2-20 minute) audio [...]

Notes from the Global Church A secular Latin America? Mar 12, 2013 by Philip Jenkins In recent months, observers have remarked on the growing number of Americans who claim no religious affiliation (the “nones”), whose numbers are highest among the young. We can argue about just what these numbers mean, but possibly they do mark [...]

March 11, 2013 WACO – Twenty years after a bullet to the forehead abruptly ended his career as God, David Koresh still haunts this Bible-conscious town. At the site of the Branch Davidian compound, where a 51-day standoff between the FBI and Koresh’s followers ended in the fiery deaths of 80 people, tourists snap pictures [...]

I recently had the opportunity to hear a lecture by Dr. Marvin Olasky entitled “Rafting the Political Rapids,” hosted by the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. Olasky is editor-in-chief of the World News Group, the Distinguished Chair in Journalism and Public Policy at Patrick Henry College, and Dean of the World Journalism [...]