by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 9, 2015 | News
“The Baptist Olympics.” Spectacle and pageantry. It’s a striking image, summoned by Joel Gregory, to characterize the upcoming Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa. Gregory, who holds the George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 30, 2015 | News
The brutality of human rights abuses committed by terrorist organizations and authoritarian governments was a leading emphasis in a report published last week by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The report contains...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 18, 2015 | News
More than $358 billion was given to charitable causes in 2014, according to a new report from Giving USA. This is an increase of 7.1 percent from 2013 when $335 billion in charitable gifts were donated. When adjusted for inflation, “giving in 2014 is estimated...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 17, 2015 | News
Confidence in every major U.S. institution, save for military and small businesses, polled below historic averages according to a new Gallup survey. “Americans’ confidence in all institutions over the last two years has been the lowest since Gallup began...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 16, 2015 | News
Tens of millions of children were negatively affected by armed conflict last year, according to a new report from United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon. The publication noted “unprecedented challenges” in 2014, as “children in several...
