Faith and Law

We are in the midst of a very controversial election period in which there have been reams of commentary about the role played by evangelicals. 

How can the church engage in political issues without having a politicized faith? What should we be thinking about the role of Evangelicals in the riot at the Capitol? How does the American evangelical church come back together and heal as one body even with divergent political views? 

Join us as Dr. Timothy Dalrymple, President and CEO of Christianity Today and Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals, tackle these difficult questions.

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Michelle Altman, Chief of Staff to Senator James Lankford shares her story "Excellence in Work and Following Christ on the Hill.” 

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Americans have long cared about preserving a tradition of liberal arts education, seeing it as key to a free society of citizens with both the knowledge and virtue to sustain self-governance and to advance social order and prosperity. In this webinar, Professor Mooney will analyze the major philosophical debates about educational policy, such as between pragmatist, Marxist, classical liberal and Christian views of education. She will explain key principles that could shape the goals and practices of American educational policies, curricula, and institutions. Based on the conviction that humans are created in the image of God, a good, practical and just education should focus on learning as an end in and of itself that forms intellectual and moral virtue and allows students to pursue a diversity of vocations, regardless of one’s social origins.

Introduction by Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

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A discussion of the short-term and long-range challenges facing Great Tradition Christians in an America increasingly unmoored from its moral and cultural foundations.

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Is “social justice” the same as “biblical justice,” or do these concepts sometimes diverge? On the one hand, social justice seems deeply indebted to Christian thought and practice. On the other hand, some of its most active proponents today are secularists, sometimes even Marxist atheists. In light of such complications, how ought Christians interact with the “social justice movement” in the United States today?

Recommended reading:

• Social Justice Rites: Sacrificial Politics and Sacred Victims by Molly Brigid McGrath
• Justice in the Bible by Timothy Keller
• Bible Project Justice Video

Justin Giboney is an attorney and political strategist in Atlanta, GA. He is also the Co-Founder and President of the AND Campaign, which is a coalition of urban Christians who are determined to address the sociopolitical arena with the compassion and conviction of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Mr. Giboney has managed successful campaigns for elected officials in the state and referendums relating to the city’s transportation and water infrastructure. In 2012 and 2016, Georgia’s 5th congressional district elected him as a delegate for the Democratic National Convention and he served as the co-chair of Obama for America’s Gen44-Atlanta initiative. A former Vanderbilt University football player and law student, Justin served on the Urban League of Greater Atlanta Board of Directors. He’s written op-eds for publications such as Christianity Today and The Hill.

R. J. Snell is the Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ, and is senior fellow at the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. Prior to those appointments he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College. He earned his MA in philosophy at Boston College, and his PhD in philosophy at Marquette University. Research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. He is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View(Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern and Nature: Ancient and Modern, as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area.

David Corey is a professor of Political Science focusing on political philosophy in the Honors Program at Baylor University. He is also an affiliated member of the departments of Philosophy and Political Science. He was an undergraduate at Oberlin, where he earned a BA in Classics from the College and a BMus in music from the Conservatory. He studied law and jurisprudence at Old College, Edinburgh before taking up graduate work in political philosophy at Louisiana State University. He is the author of two books, The Just War Tradition (with J. Daryl Charles) (2012) and The Sophists in Plato’s Dialogues (2015). He has written more than two dozen articles and book chapters in such venues as the Review of Politics, History of Political Thought, Modern Age, Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy,

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Christians are invited by God to help those in poverty, and many are eager to answer that call. But how? Peter Greer, Jena Nardella, and Oye Waddell offer a biblical and economic understanding of how to address poverty and foster sustainable economic development and human flourishing. 

Click to read the panelists' slides:

• Jena Nardella
• Peter Greer
• Oye Waddell

Recommended reading:

• Created to Flourish by Peter Greer and Phil Smith
• The Redemptive Nonprofit by Praxis

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Our nation is being torn apart. But what if there’s one big thing at the center of it all. In Divided Hearts of America, Super Bowl champion and executive producer Benjamin Watson goes on a journey to discover the truth about abortion—a subject that has been at the center of heated debates since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Along the way, Watson sits down with over 30 experts in various fields and from both sides of the ideological and political spectrums and asks the question: Can the most divisive issue of our time actually bring us back together again?

Listen to an exclusive QA session with Executive Producer Benjamin Watson, his wife activist and speaker Kirsten Watson, and Faith and Law board member DJ Jordan.

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The Department of State's Commission on Unalienable Rights, chaired by Harvard professor Mary Ann Glendon, issued its report on human rights in U.S. foreign policy in July, examining human rights from the perspective of both America's foundational principles and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Professors Robert George of Princeton and William Saunders of Catholic University discuss the report and examine its relevance for a deep and clear understanding of human rights and responsibilities. 

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"The only way to truly have wisdom about politics is to daily fight to prevent making politics and power an idol, and to stay grounded in an identity in Christ that is separate from accomplishments." - Ammon Simon

Ammon Simon, Chief Counsel to Senator Toomey, shares Christ centered wisdom on battling temptations that come from working on Capitol Hill including:  pride, tribalism and workaholism.  

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Medical abortion is increasing as a percentage of all abortions for reasons that benefit abortion providers but there are distinct disadvantages for women. Medical abortion is far more likely to fail than surgical abortion, resulting in frequent complications and requiring surgical completion in one out of twenty women. Abortion advocates are aggressively working to remove FDA and legislative restrictions so that medical abortion can be provided without evidence based oversight. These trends must be recognized and countered for the protection of American women.

Click here to download Dr. Skop's presentation.

Recommended reading on the topic of medical abortions: 

• “The Next Abortion Battleground: Chemical Abortion” by Patrina Mosley, published by the Family Research Council in December 2019. 
• "Immediate Complications After Medical Compared With Surgical Termination of Pregnancy" Niinimäki, Maarit MD; Pouta, Anneli MD, PhD; Bloigu, Aini BSc; Gissler, Mika MSocSc, PhD; Hemminki, Elina MD, PhD; Suhonen, Satu MD, PhD; Heikinheimo, Oskari MD, PhD. By The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists October 2009.
• "The “No-Test Medication Abortion” Protocol: Experimenting with Women’s Health" by Dr. Ingrid Skop, published by the Charlotte Lozier Institute in July 2020.

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