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| “Community-Based Reforms of the Justice System” |
CSR is pleased to sponsor a presentation by David LaGrand, Calvin graduate and current Grand Rapids City Commissioner. Long interested in social justice issues, Commissioner LaGrand’s resume includes a law degree, working in the prosecutor’s office, and volunteering in the prison ministry program. A founder of the Restorative Justice Initiative… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
11/02/09 |
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| Reminder of our New Location |
Occasionally we find someone who does not know about our new location. Last year we moved across Burton St. into the Raybook Building. Please feel free to drop in for a visit and a cup of coffee. Find your way with this map: Sorry, this neat feature doesn’t work… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
10/19/09 |
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| “Clergy: Pay and Performance” |
How does the interaction of faith and economic activity affect religious organizations? Becky Haney, Assistant Professor of Economics at Calvin College will present the results of her research in this area. Her specific research interests include an examination of the theological and economic implications for the clergy labor market as… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
10/02/09 |
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| Evangelical Speaker Mark Noll Coming to Calvin |
Be sure to check out the upcoming lectures by Mark Noll at Calvin College. The Henry Institute, the Nagel Institute, and the Calvin College History Department are co-sponsoring the events. Noll, a graduate of Wheaton College, will center his talk around one of his most recent books, entitled God and… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
09/04/09 |
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| “Responding to Neighborhood Change: CRC Congregations in Southeast Grand Rapids, 1970-2000” |
How do congregations from a white ethnic denomination respond to growing urban diversity? Sociology professors Dr. Mark Mulder, Calvin College, and Dr. Kevin Dougherty, Baylor University, examined 30 years worth of change (1970-2000) in 14 Christian Reformed congregations in Southeast Grand Rapids, Michigan. They tracked neighborhood composition, residential patterns of… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
04/21/09 |
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| Religion and Social Order: Does God Punish Societal Sins? |
Dr. Janel Curry, Dean for Research and Scholarship at Calvin College, has just been appointed Calvin's Byker Chair. Her talk will explore how religious worldviews, as portrayed in sermons, shape individual and institutional responses to events like Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsumani. Last year Dr. Curry served as Center… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
02/06/09 |
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| Subdivided by Faith? Anti-Urban Bias, Geographical Habits, and Theological Influences |
CSR's faculty Fellows for 2006-2008, Drs. Mark Mulder of Sociology and James K.A. Smith of Philosophy, will present the findings from their study "Subdivided by Faith." In a previous landmark study, Divided by Faith, Michael Emerson and Christian Smith articulated the ways in which evangelical spirituality and practice actually contributed… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
12/03/08 |
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| Polling and the 2008 Election |
Michael W. Traugott, Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science at the University of Michigan, unravels polling methods and their effect on the 2008 election. Dr. Traugott studies the mass media and its impact on American politics. This includes research on the use of the media in campaigns and… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
10/01/08 |
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| President of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment Visits Calvin |
The Byker Chair and the Department of Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies invite you to hear Dr. John Baden’s presentation: “Revelations and Institutions: The theology and political economy of Hutterite and Mormon experiments with intentional communities.” Political economy offers insights into why one communal order ended in absolute failure and… |
Kathryn A. Bardolph |
09/30/08 |
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