by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 11, 2017 | Opinion
The topic of pulpit plagiarism has been in the news since pastor Bill Shillady sought to capitalize on a series of devotions he sent Hillary Clinton during her ill-fated presidential campaign by publishing them as Strong for a Moment Like This. After the book came...
by Joe LaGuardia | Aug 13, 2014 | Opinion
In the movie, “The Words,” actor Bradley Cooper plays a struggling writer named Rory Jansen. Like so many amateur authors, Rory is unable to get published, much less noticed. While on a honeymoon in France, he stumbles upon an old, unpublished manuscript...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 20, 2012 | News
As Richard Land, embattled head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), faced Southern Baptist messengers yesterday for the first time since his controversial and plagiarized racial remarks, he quickly glossed...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 4, 2012 | News
The trustees of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released their unanimous report following the month-long investigation into controversial and plagiarized remarks by the ERLC’s president. The light...
by Greg Horton | May 31, 2012 | News
The word “plagiarism” originated as a word for kidnapping. That’s the takeaway from a Baptist ethicist called to comment on plagiarism. The idea of passing someone else’s work off as your own has moved into popular discussion after a Southern...