Sex trafficking in the USA

Sex trafficking: An American problem too

By Bridgette Carr, Special to CNN //
//(‘November 25, 2009 )-

“Editor’s note: Professor Bridgette Carr directs the Human Trafficking Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. The Human Trafficking Clinic provides direct representation to victims of human trafficking and works to identify solutions to combat human trafficking.
Ann Arbor, Michigan [...]

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I begin this post with a thought-provoking title from my dear friend Bill Heroman, What’s driving Evangelical Anti-Historicism?

First of all, I don’t like the term “evangelical” or/and “evangelicalism.”  They’re too limited in scope and definition. And I don’t reference myself as such, that is, an evangelical Christian. ( At any rate,  I take a different approach than my dear [...]

Open Positions in Theology and Religion

Gorond-Conwell Theological Seminary
Robert E. Cooley Chair in Early Christianity
The Charlotte campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary invites nominations and applications for the newly endowed Robert E. Cooley Chair in Early Christianity. This senior faculty position requires teaching competence and a publishing record in Early Christianity and either New Testament or Theology. Ph.D. or equivalent required along [...]

Breaking News:HIV vaccine is possible, researchers say

HIV vaccine is possible, researchers say
A vaccine to prevent HIV infection has shown modest results for the first time, researchers have found. In what is being called the world’s largest HIV vaccine trial ever, researchers found that people who received a series of inoculations of a prime vaccine and booster vaccine were 31 percent [...]

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Prof. John Stackhouse responds to atheist Richard Dawkins with this post: ” What Good Are Theologians”?
Bob Kellemen’s 20 Most Influential Books on Methods of Biblical Change
At Theology Forum,  Kyle Strobel continues with the series:  “Word of God“
Is Conversion an Act of the Will?  and Do We Have a Free Will?. Read both posts to find out.
SBTS faculty held a second [...]

Religious Studies and Theology Jobs

Lecturer
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Theological Studies – Spiritual Formation
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Cedarville University
Cedarville, OH

General Theological Studies
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Cedarville University
Cedarville, OH

Old Testament Literature
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Cedarville, OH

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University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

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Princeton University
Princeton, [...]

The Women’s Crusade

 
“IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking, acid attacks, bride burnings and mass rape.
Yet if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount [...]

Apologizing for Slavery

From the Washington Post
Apologizing for Slavery
Your reaction to the U.S. Senate unanimous resolution apologizing for slavery, the latest attempt by the federal government to take responsibility for 2-1/2 centuries of slavery.
Posted by Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on June 25, 2009 1:21 AM
 
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Slavery Apology Should Lead to Penance, Restitution
The U.S. Senate [...]

Good Deals on Books at CBD !!!

Christian Books Distributors (CBD)  has some realy good deals on Books.  Calvin’s whole set commentaries plus his Institutes are on sale for only $ 99.00. This will be a great gift for yourself, pastors and scholars. I only own a few of Calvin’s commentaries and still have to complete the set. I own a copy [...]

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter, 12 June 2009

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
Roger David Aus
The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus and the Death, Burial, and Translation of Moses in Judaic Tradition
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6771
Reviewed by James Crossley
Mark G. Brett
Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6923
Reviewed by Roland Boer
Régis [...]