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Posts Tagged ‘Tim Keller’

Jordan Lorence on Religious Property Cases

Tags: Bronx Household of Faith, Church of the Isaiah 58 Project, church signs, equal access, free exercise clause, Justice John Roberts, New Generation Christian Church, property rights, public schools, Reed v Town of Gilbert, religious freedom, religious liberty, RLUIPA, Supreme Court, tax exempt status, taxation, Tim Keller, Tonka Toys

Battles over property rights are one of the hottest topics in religious liberty litigation today. ADF lawyer Jordan Lorence discusses four current cases involving the ability of churches to rent public school space in New York City, an overdue tax bill for a church that is supposedly tax exempt, the size of signs advertising worship services, and a minimum acreage requirement for a small congregation.

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Bill Clark on an Academic’s Spiritual Journey

Bill Clark, a professor of political science at the University of Michigan, joins us for an interesting, open-ended discussion about his personal journey through the academic and spiritual world. Although his professional emphasis is on international and comparative political economy, Bill’s broad intellectual range and interest in the sociology of religion such allows him to provide valuable sociological insights into his own experiences, including creating a start-up church in New York City, plugging into various pre-existing churches, and then taking a new approach to his relationship with faith.

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