by Brian Kaylor | Apr 24, 2015 | News
The Ottoman Empire targeted the Armenian people for extermination in 1915, killing up to 1.5 million of the largely Christian population. As the world marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the genocide on April 24, President Barack Obama is expected to...
by Brian Kaylor | Apr 22, 2015 | News
As genocide erupted in Rwanda in 1994, killing 800,000 people in only about 100 days, U.S. President Bill Clinton verbally danced around the topic. Despite intelligence reports clearly documenting the genocide, Clinton and his administration avoided using the word...
by Brian Kaylor | Apr 20, 2015 | News
Although some Baptist groups regularly pass resolutions on various topics of concern, references to genocides only occasionally gain attention. Baptists view resolutions as nonbinding, but they offer key insights into what Baptist leaders find important. American...
by Brian Kaylor | Mar 3, 2015 | News
Pope Francis embodies a “moderate realism” and his ministry should matter to both Protestants and Catholics, said a respected U.S. journalist and top expert on Vatican affairs. John L. Allen Jr. made these assertions in his new book, “The Francis...
by Brian Kaylor | Feb 23, 2015 | News
A Baptist ethicist asked how faith leaders would respond to a U.S. federal judge halting President Obama’s executive order on immigration. “Will they hide behind legal complexity? Give moral critique? Do biblical ed[ucation]?” Robert Parham,...