by Jonathan Davis | May 22, 2020 | Opinion
The coronavirus pandemic has placed financial strain on colleges and universities nationwide, and enrollment is expected to drop by as much as 20% in the fall. Small, religious institutions face a particularly difficult future, as they depend heavily on tuition for...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 8, 2020 | News
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) raised concerns about recent decisions at Hardin-Simmons University (HSU) in Abilene, Texas, to close its seminary and other programs. ACTA is “a service organization, not an enforcement agency,” President Michael...
by Mitch Randall | Feb 19, 2020 | Opinion
The tactics of conservative fundamentalists were unfamiliar to me in 1994 as a first-year graduate student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. By the end of my first year, I was no longer unfamiliar. In the spring of that year, seminary...
by Bill Tillman | Feb 11, 2020 | Opinion
Abruptly dropped into social media on Friday evening, Feb. 7, was the word that Logsdon Seminary at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, is closing. The abruptness hit persons differently – however emotional, long term, up close and personal the relationship...
by Jacob Brenton | Feb 10, 2020 | Opinion
Much ink has been spilled on the “conservative resurgence” or “fundamentalist takeover” of the Southern Baptist Convention in the late 20th century. Active readers of this site likely don’t need much of a refresher on the politics of fundamentalism jump-started by...
