Potential New Rivalries in Big 12 With BYU Becoming League’s 3rd Private Christian School
There could be some new rivalries between Christian schools brewing in the evolving Big 12 Conference.
Baylor University Wins Exemption From Title IX’s Sexual Harassment Provisions
The private Baptist school argued discrimination complaints made by LGBTQ students were ‘inconsistent’ with the university’s religious values.
Loving God With Our Minds
In this edition of A Public Witness, we study the newest debate over the supposed tension between Baylor’s Christian commitments and a research emphasis. We also quiz what this false dichotomy teaches us more broadly about Christian integration of the head and the heart.
Before Dropping Petition, SBU Sought to Block Discovery of Evidence
Trustees for Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, last week dropped their proposed new governing documents amid a five-month court challenge. But before they did, SBU’s attorney filed several motions, including an attack on Word&Way.
Baylor & Buckner Remind Us: We’ve Not Yet Reckoned with Our Past Ties to Slavery
A special commission at Baylor University recently reported on its historical research about the university’s founders and their connection with slavery and the Confederacy. This follows on the heels of a discovery reported in September 2020 that R.C. Buckner, for whom the child- and elder-care
5 Faith Facts as Baylor & Gonzaga Square Off for NCAA Hoops Crown
March Madness ends tonight with the ultimate church league showdown. The game features teams from Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist university, and Gonzaga University, one of the nation’s 28 Jesuit Catholic schools, dueling it out for the NCAA title in a climactic ecclesial clash.
UMHB Acknowledges Shared History with Baylor
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor acknowledged a commission report that revealed the founders of Baylor University were slaveholders is consistent with its understanding of the two university’s “shared history.” Read full piece
Baylor, Baptists, & Slavery: A Way Forward
To say that Baylor was founded by white supremacists and racists is to admit that they exist. Read full piece
The Baylor Line
Patrick Wilson reflects on visiting the campus of his alma mater, Baylor University, hours after the school’s Commission on Historic Campus Representations publicly released its report documenting Baylor’s ties to slavery and the Confederacy.
Baylor University Report Documents Ties to Slavery, Confederacy
Baylor University released a report Tuesday documenting its slavery legacy and offering recommendations for more fully telling its history. The 94-page report focuses on monuments and markers on its campus honoring various founders who enslaved Black people and supported the Confederacy.