About the OCA: Summary of OCA Church Faith
The Orthodox Church in America is based in Syosset, N.Y. The website provides summaries of the church and faith. “About the OCA” is one of the summaries.
The Orthodox Church in America is based in Syosset, N.Y. The website provides summaries of the church and faith. “About the OCA” is one of the summaries.
Florida lawmakers will decide whether or not to expand the state’s school voucher plan.
An article describing the Supreme Court of Florida’s decision that schools vouchers violated the state’s constitution because states have a duty to educate students in public schools.
Betty A. DeBerg is a religion professor and head of the department of philosophy and religion at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She is a co-author of Religion on Campus (University of North Carolina Press, 2003) and is co-director of the National Campus Ministry Project.
Steve Hays is an associate professor in the department of classics and world religions at Ohio University in Athens. With funding from the Ford Foundation, he is helping to develop a Difficult Dialogues Concerning Race and Religion program.
The Interfaith Campus Coalition at the University of Minnesota includes clergy and students and encourages dialogue and respect among religious traditions. It posts a page on resisting pressure from religious groups, along with links to participating campus ministries and their contact information
A Washington Post story on the $100 million national plan to offer vouchers to low-income students from poorly performing public schools so that they can attend private schools.
The Rev. Timothy S. Stevens, a United Church of Christ minister, is university chaplain at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern offers an Interfaith Living and Learning Community – an interfaith dorm – so students of different religious backgrounds can live together in intentional community.
John Schmalzbauer is an associate professor of religious studies at Missouri State University in Springfield. He is working on a book about the resurgence of religion on college campuses. He also is co-investigator for the ongoing National Study of Campus Ministries.