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Pastors And Politics: Considerations For Missional Church Leaders Addressing Political Matters, Matthew Stinson Mar 2019

Pastors And Politics: Considerations For Missional Church Leaders Addressing Political Matters, Matthew Stinson

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

We live in a politically divided time. Long-standing questions about the political role of the church have taken on a renewed interest for American Christians who see this political divide widening and have trouble reconciling their beliefs with the platforms of either major party. How ought Church leaders, seeking to lead missional congregations, speak to our current political context?

This paper lays out a framework for political engagement by missional Church leaders. It first offers a definition of a missional church and a missional church leader. Second, it surveys some of the various approaches to Church and State relations in …


Where Shall We Live? Class And The Limitations Of Fair Housing Law, Wendell Pritchett Jan 2003

Where Shall We Live? Class And The Limitations Of Fair Housing Law, Wendell Pritchett

All Faculty Scholarship

This paper examines the effort to secure fair housing laws at the local, state and federal levels in the 1950s, focusing in particular on New York City and state. It will examine the arguments that advocates made regarding the role the law should play in preventing housing discrimination, and the relationship of these views to advocates' understanding of property rights in general. My paper will argue that fair housing advocates had particular conceptions about the importance of housing in American society that both supported and limited their success. By arguing that minorities only sought what others wanted - a single-family …


Church Property Disputes: Churches As Secular And Alien Institutions, Louis J. Sirico, Jr. Jan 1986

Church Property Disputes: Churches As Secular And Alien Institutions, Louis J. Sirico, Jr.

Fordham Law Review

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Annual Reports Of The Department Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898; Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Education, 1897. Nov 1897

Annual Reports Of The Department Of The Interior For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898; Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Education, 1897.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Report of the Sec. of Interior. 16 Nov. HD 5, 55-2, v12-22, 1254p. [3640-3650] Indian affairs; annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial 3640); annual report of the CIA (Serial 3641); etc.