Articles
Reduction in homelessness: Let us pause to praise good news
The federal government has announced that the country has cut the number of “chronically homeless people” by approximately 30 percent between 2005 and 2007. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 1, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness
Randy Pausch: a life well lived
Over the last few months Randy Pausch captured the attention of much of the world as he had captivated his students for years. Pausch, an extremely popular Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science, was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 25, 2008 - (1)
The Second Amendment, guns, and the Supreme Court
The verdict is now in from the U.S. Supreme Court—the Second Amendment means what it says. In a historic 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 3, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Citizenship, ,
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The Research Institute of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission represents an evangelical think tank that includes university and seminary presidents, academic deans, professors, lawyers, doctors, theologians, and other evangelical scholars. The Research Institute serves three primary functions: (1) to provide a professional organization where conservative, evangelical scholars can discuss current trends in American culture; (2) to apply biblical truth to moral, public policy, and religious liberty issues in order to transform American culture; and (3) to develop a comprehensive biblical worldview model to equip Christians to evaluate and interact with the moral and religious liberty issues confronting families in the modern culture.
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Research Institute Fellows are leading members of the evangelical scholarly community who are actively engaged in addressing moral, cultural, or religious liberty issues. All of the Fellows have earned doctorates in Philosophy, Theology, Medicine, or Law. The Fellows contribute to the work of the Research Institute through individual and collaborative efforts.