In these two closing weeks of the Academy academic year, the Fellows and staff read together each Fellowship Thesis, consisting of two parts, a Framing Essay (the theological and philosophical reasoning that informs and powers the question) written to the broader Academy community and to thoughtful Christians; and the Engage Essay written for publication to a particular audience. The Fellows and staff met this week in five “Fellowship Forward” sessions to discuss each one, to hear and comment on...
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Week 32: In these two closing weeks of the Academy academic year, the Fellows and staff read together each Fellowship Thesis, consisting of two parts, a Framing Essay (the theological and philosophical reasoning that informs and powers the question) written to the broader Academy community and to thoughtful Christians; and the Engage Essay written for publication to a particular audience. The Fellows and staff met this week in seven “Fellowship Forward” sessions to discuss each one, to hear and...
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Week 31: Dick Keyes kicked off the week with a talk on sentimentality, its hampering effects on evangelism, apologetics, and discipleship. In the afternoon, Dick followed up with “Cynicism and Honesty,” arguing that cynicism isn’t honest, but claims to know more than it can know. He suggested that love is the antidote: “love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” The next day, Mardi Keyes spoke on Gender and Vocation, arguing that while great pressure comes...
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Religious Freedom and American Foreign Policy Since Tertullian first recorded the concept of religious liberty in 3 BC, the issue of whether any earthly power has the right to constrain a person’s ability to freely exercise their belief in a supreme being has confronted every regime. Dr. Shah noted the particular ingenuity of the American founders in recognizing that a limited state is fundamental for religious liberty. Not only do nation states who suppress religious liberty incur more risks...
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Speakers, Annual Conference, Tim Shah