https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to wheaton college en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/19/maybe-its-time-admit-grotesque-caricature-white-evangelicals-reality This week dozens of prominent evangelical leaders gathered at conservative Wheaton College, in Wheaton, IL, to address the “grotesque caricature” of their faith in the Trump era. The organizer of the gathering, Doug Birdsall, told the Washington Post that under… Thu, 19 Apr 2018 01:28:23 EDT Hollis Phelps e4df97ae-ae54-4c2e-9ff8-29b1d8f02777 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/03/26/tragedy-religious-freedom There has been a lot of talk lately about religious exemptions—legal arrangements that excuse individuals and groups on faith-based grounds from laws and regulations that would otherwise apply to them. One law professor, Marc DeGirolami, has claimed these disputes highlight… Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:24:35 EDT Patrick Hornbeck 6765699b-a9df-4def-83a0-a214139255ce https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/11/somewhere-over-rainbow-wheaton-college-would-pretend-its-lgbtq-students-dont-exist Queerness keeps popping up at Wheaton College, and the evangelical flagship keeps pushing it down. Towards the end of April, a rainbow flag was surreptitiously hung in the school’s cafeteria, appearing among dozens of national flags. The next morning, once… Thu, 11 May 2017 12:36:33 EDT William Stell 4cc415e8-11ee-48b0-89b1-4e8234cad62d https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/22/larycia-hawkins-actual-violation-wheatons-statement-faith-hints-schools-true-intentions It’s been established by now that Dr. Hawkins’ assertion that Muslims and Christians worship the same God hardly falls outside the mainstream of orthodox evangelical theology—a point Dr. Hawkins reiterated in a widely circulated letter to Wheaton’s provost. With some… Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:17:43 EST John Gleim f0aaf4d7-d800-4a6e-abab-1412220e9d98 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/19/special-report-have-evangelical-colleges-succumbed-theological-paranoia On a fall day in 1998 I sat opposite the kindly guidance counselor at my Midwestern Christian high school who extolled the virtues of evangelical higher education. She seemed concerned that Christian students’ faith might be weakened or lost were… Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:13:38 EST Chrissy Stroop 85705453-7a09-4b6d-b067-61f4e7c12513 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/16/fusion-friendships-rev-barbers-third-reconstruction I first heard Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speak at a Moral Mondays rally in Raleigh that I attended with my classmates back in February 2014. It was powerful and incisive in its moral criticism of North Carolina policies… Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:23:48 EST Daniel José Camacho 76c7d433-fc0b-42eb-8608-314aaeb6f326 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/08/what-fight-over-allah-says-about-future-evangelical-christianity When Professor Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College publicly announced her solidarity with Muslims by wearing a hijab through the holiday season—and stated that Christians and Muslims worship the “same God”—the school put her on “paid administrative leave.” And now comes… Fri, 08 Jan 2016 05:56:26 EST Richard Flory a323d76f-d4e4-4a78-883e-dbb24c07cd5b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/04/five-ways-show-solidarity-muslims-instead-wearing-hijab As the new year begins, Larycia Hawkins, the Wheaton professor who was suspended for the assertion that Muslims and Christians worship “the same God,” is still not fully reinstated. Hawkins’ choice to wear a hijab was a strong symbolic statement… Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:36:38 EST Hina Tai 5305b0fc-0d80-4eab-94a5-dc4b4eb5d140 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/26/feminist-critics-wearing-hijab-solidarity-fall-same-old-traps Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god, it was Hawkins’ decision to wear a hijab that has inspired women and girls from many backgrounds to follow suit in solidarity… Sat, 26 Dec 2015 04:07:28 EST Mariam Durrani 8a5361b5-b70a-49f6-9b80-ff140cd79a98 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/22/reinstatedochawk-wheaton-does-not-speak-its-students When I decided to attend Wheaton College two years ago, I was expecting a haven of like-minded young Christian scholars. But it turns out—while Wheaton is a special and loved place—it still has a lot in common with just about… Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:17:03 EST Ellie Roth 8b2e6f83-d340-46ef-90c9-fc68e521776f https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/22/how-white-christianity-beat-academic-freedom-wheaton As a fellow—make that sister—tenured black woman, I feel a particular kinship with Dr. Larycia Hawkins. When I read that a tenured professor was suspended for expressing a theological view some in her conservative evangelical college community found to be… Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:00:53 EST Wil Gafney da50f375-1a14-4398-8650-723eb97687db https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/21/wheaton-and-same-god-controversy-theological-opportunity-squandered When Dr. Larycia Hawkins, a professor of political science at Wheaton College, donned a hijab for Advent in solidarity with Muslims facing hostility and persecution, she explained her gesture in theological terms: “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because… Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:27:37 EST Benjamin Dueholm e6b49842-0f76-48f3-a0e9-834589958262 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/21/embattled-professor-took-stand-human-solidarity-versus-entrenched-evangelical-fear As an Asian Christian who teaches at a Christian college in Massachusetts and has worn the shalwar kameez as my “duty uniform,” for more than twenty-five years I took bemused note of recent headlines regarding a ” hijab-wearing Christian professor.”… Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:00:37 EST Ivy George d69f95d5-1a37-4ad6-9713-71ceb3a23fbf https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/20/thanks-no-thanks-how-noted-theologians-defense-larycia-hawkins-goes-bizarrely-astray Miroslav Volf’s recent WaPo op-ed is an example of the kind of interfaith intervention we’d be better off without. Sun, 20 Dec 2015 04:15:31 EST Scott C. Alexander ced63a7f-9335-45dd-a536-c1ad424d4a66 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/17/it-about-hijab-wheaton-college-and-narrowing-criteria-evangelical-belonging Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor at the evangelical stalwart Wheaton College, was placed on administrative leave this past week after donning a hijab to express solidarity with Muslims and publicly claiming that Muslims worship the “ same God”… Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:09:43 EST Hollis Phelps e6ebf259-a28d-447d-90c3-fd4a518f30ba https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/03/wheatons-decision-end-student-insurance-religious-liberty-ruse Wheaton College grabbed headlines last week for its decision to end student health insurance rather than comply with the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act. And by comply, I mean: tell the government that it refuses to provide contraception… Mon, 03 Aug 2015 02:13:55 EDT Patricia Miller e0cd8d1b-9c9a-433e-b3cb-60e739e6d2b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/05/hobby-lobby-aftermath-christian-college-demands-exemptionfrom-exemption On Monday, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, the Supreme Court relied heavily on “less restrictive alternatives” when it exempted closely-held corporations from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. Justice Alito stressed that such alternatives would have “zero” effect on… Sat, 05 Jul 2014 09:04:01 EDT Nomi Stolzenberg f1fbdb68-68e7-477e-811e-2f2572121ddc