According to NPR, "[t]he policy is forcing a dilemma for faith-based organizations: Either drop requirements that their leaders hold certain beliefs, or forfeit school funding and move off campus.
[8][9] Other evangelical groups, such as the PCA-affiliated Reformed University Fellowship, decided to accept Vanderbilt's terms for student leader participation.
Instead, this debate reflects a much more crucial question: Do we want different communities with conflicting narratives and ideologies to be authentically represented on campus or not?"
"[8] In April 2013, Haslam signed a similar version of the law that applied only to public universities in Tennessee, exempting private schools like Vanderbilt.
Being a Christian made me somewhat weird in my urban, progressive context, but despite some clear differences, I held a lot in common with unbelieving friends.
Then, two years ago, the student organization I worked for at Vanderbilt University got kicked off campus for being the wrong kind of Christians.
"[9] According to Religion News Service, Warren "did not set out to become a professional writer and only began writing in 2013, when as an InterVarsity staff member she published a short piece for [IVCF blog] The Well that went viral.
"[12] In 2016, InterVarsity Press published Warren's first book, Liturgy of the Ordinary, an expansion of that theme involving daily habits and practices.
"[13] Liturgy of the Ordinary was well-reviewed; Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, noting that "Warren seamlessly blends together lived realities with theological reflections.
"[14] The Gospel Coalition's Themelios journal called it "a delightful book that should find a receptive audience among evangelicals of all stripes and types."
[2] According to the Gospel Coalition's review, "Warren offers the inherited prayers and liturgical practices of the church as cairns to follow, manmade stone structures that point us in the right direction when the fog of suffering obscures our way.
[22] In August 2021, the New York Times "Opinion" section launched its first set of subscriber-only email newsletters, with Warren brought on to "reflect on matters of faith in private life and public discourse."
Other authors of Times-exclusive newsletters alongside Warren were Tressie McMillan Cottom, Jay Caspian Kang, Kara Swisher, and John McWhorter.
[23] Warren's newsletters—also published as columns on the Times website—have addressed topics like abortion, COVID-19, smartphone use, sexual abuse in churches, religious freedom, and pluralism.
We need to connect with other human beings through our bodies, through the ordinary vulnerability of looking into their eyes, hearing their voice, sharing their space, their smells, their presence.
Michael Curry's office should be on the freaking phone with the editor of the New York Times about this - because her posing as "Anglican" (as well as another writer they host on their platform) is creating real problems at this point.
"[26] Warren, who is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America, acknowledged the response to her column, noting in particular the value of online services for the disabled.