St John Bosco’s life and educational philosophy offer a case study in how a deeply held religious vocation, disciplined pastoral creativity, and an acute reading of social conditions can produce an institutional legacy that endures for more than a century and a half across six continents. St John Bosco, also known as Don Bosco, is […]

Genesis 22 — the binding of Isaac, known in Jewish tradition as the Akedah — stands as one of the most theologically dense and emotionally charged narratives in all of scripture, raising with unsettling directness the question of what radical obedience to God actually demands. The chapter begins with a pattern of introduction that usually […]

Few theological questions carry the weight of practical urgency that attaches to the question of what it means to be human, for the answer one gives shapes not only one’s doctrine of creation and salvation but also one’s ethical commitments toward other persons, the natural world, and future generations. First of all, I would like […]

Whether Europe can still credibly be described as a secular continent in the early twenty-first century is a question that has unsettled sociologists, political theorists, and theologians with equal force, challenging assumptions that had seemed settled for decades. Can we still today perceive Europe as the last shelter of secularism? Is the position of Religion […]

The Epistle of James occupies a unique and often contested place within the New Testament canon, simultaneously celebrated for its intensely practical moral instruction and scrutinized for the apparent tension between its emphasis on works and Paul’s theology of justification by faith alone. As Dr. Bob once said, in his video commentaries, “this was Soren […]

Equality, diversity, and inclusion have moved from the margins of political discourse to the center of educational policy, organizational management, and social justice advocacy over the past two decades, yet the conceptual distinctions between these terms are frequently blurred in both academic and popular usage. Equality means that every human being is to be treated […]

The question “Am I my brother’s keeper?” — first posed in the book of Genesis by Cain after murdering Abel — has echoed through centuries of theological reflection, social ethics, and pastoral practice, acquiring new layers of urgency in an era of global inequality and interconnected moral responsibility. If you’re a parent you know what […]

Cross-cultural religious interviews in educational settings offer a rare opportunity to move beyond theoretical frameworks and examine how real individuals negotiate faith identity, cultural difference, and interpersonal empathy in lived conversation. This paper examines a cross-cultural interview between a Caucasian Christian person and International Muslim student. The Muslim student interviewed the Caucasian Christian person on […]

Few saints in the history of the Catholic Church have captured the devotion of an entire continent quite like Santa Rosa de Lima, whose life in colonial Peru became a touchstone for discussions of Christian asceticism, colonial religious identity, and the intersection of faith with social class. Madison Spence 17 February 2013 Spanish 2312 Professor […]

Rubric for Assignment 3 (70 points) Problem 3 (26 points) a)       Name categorical variables (4 points) Name nominal: (1 points)            Name ordinal: (1 points) b)      Column Chart (Note: you do not get credit if you only provide the frequency distribution table) (8 points) c)       Gender recoding: (2 points) Children recoding: (2 points) Salary recoding: (3 […]