Read a Sept. 25, 2008, essay at First Things titled “Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon” by the Rev. Robert A. Sirico of the Acton Institute. Sirico argues that “the most productive economic system ever known” — that of the United States — “also happens to be the one that is most respectful of human rights and dignity, […]

Read the transcript of a Sept. 26, 2008, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly segment, “America’s Economic Crisis,” in which host Bob Abernethy speaks with the Rev. James Martin and Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners magazine, about “the moral and ethical implications of America’s economic crisis, especially its impact on the poor and working class.”

Read a Sept. 29, 2008, Christianity Today story titled “Christian Financial World Sees Silver Lining in Banking Mess.” It details how some Christian banks and credit unions — though not all — have staved off insolvency.

See a Sept. 1, 2009, Fox News story about efforts to reverse a family-law judge’s ruling that a homeschooled girl should be moved into public education; among those protesting the ruling are religious-freedom advocates.

Read an August 2001 report on homeschooling in America by Kurt J. Bauman of the Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau.

Read the executive summary of “Homeschooling in the United States: 2003,” from the National Center for Education Statistics. NCES is the primary federal repository for education data.

The Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have issued statements or resolutions supporting public education, according to resources offered by the Baptist Center for Ethics.

In 2006 the SBC passed a resolution that encouraged “all Southern Baptist churches to solicit individuals from their membership to engage the culture of our public school systems nationwide by running for election to their local school boards and exerting their godly influence upon these school systems.”

In 2004, the Southern Baptist Convention rejected a resolution that would have included a declaration against public school education and called for adherents to remove their children from public schools. Read about it in a June 16, 2004, article from The Baptist Press.