Baylor University
Cult leader? ‘Sinful Messiah’? 25 years later, interest in David Koresh still strong
By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 16, 2018
WACO, Texas (RNS) — Twenty-five years after the siege, interest in what happened outside Waco — and who’s to blame — remains immense.
Former FBI agent still haunted by Waco tragedy and David Koresh’s beliefs
By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 16, 2018
WACO, Texas (RNS) — The reporter talks to Bob Ricks, the FBI agent he interviewed a quarter-century ago during the 51-day standoff outside Waco, Texas, between federal agents and an apocalyptic religious sect known as the Branch Davidians.
Billy Graham was ‘the last nonpartisan evangelical’?
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — 'Most evangelical energies, hours, dollars and prayers do not go toward politics of any stripe, but toward churches, missions, schools and charities, both here and abroad,' writes John G. Stackhouse Jr.
Baylor ordered to turn over documents in sex assault lawsuit
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 12, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday (Aug. 11) ordered Baylor University to turn over information — including interview recordings and documents — it provided to a law firm it hired amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school. Baylor had sought to block the release of information it provided […]
Baylor’s first woman president brings fresh start to Baptist university
By Bobby Ross Jr. — June 27, 2017
WACO, Texas (RNS) Many are investing hopes that scandal-plagued Baylor University can turn around its fortunes under Linda Livingstone.
Ken Starr on shortlist to head Office of International Religious Freedom
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 10, 2017
(RNS) Others rounding out the short list for the position include Nina Shea and Johnnie Moore.
Homeless find rest in faith-based shelters more than others
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a preliminary study of 11 cities across the country, 58 percent of emergency beds for the homeless were at faith-based organizations.
Ex-Baylor AD Ian McCaw takes new job at Liberty
By RNS staff — November 28, 2016
(USA Today) Liberty president Jerry Falwell Jr. said of McCaw’s experience: 'You look at what Baylor was able to do during his tenure, it fits perfectly with where we see our sports programs going.'
Baylor University faces US probe over response to sex assaults
By David Gibson — October 21, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) The world's largest Baptist university has been rocked by a scandal over sexual assaults against women by football players and others.
The Christian intellectual tradition is alive and well
By Jacob Lupfer — August 31, 2016
(RNS) So why have commentators bemoaned the absence of Christian thinkers as authoritative voices in American public debates?
Starr leaves Baylor University faculty post after sex assault scandal
By RNS staff — August 19, 2016
(Reuters) Kenneth Starr said on Friday (Aug. 19) he is leaving his law professor post at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Kenneth Starr reportedly fired for handling of university sex assault scandal
By Lauren Markoe — May 24, 2016
(RNS) The former investigator of the Lewinsky affair is reportedly felled over a sexual abuse scandal at the nation's largest Baptist university.
Most Americans pray for healing
By Adelle M. Banks — April 22, 2016
(RNS) Prayer, a scholar finds, is no “fringe activity,” but rather a frequent form of treatment for medical problems.
Criminal justice project a step of faith for lawyer, Ugandan youth
By Adelle M. Banks — February 24, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Pepperdine legal expert helps exonerate a Ugandan man falsely accused of murder. Now a book and a documentary film tell their story.
Is it pretty outside? Then you’re less likely to go to church
By Sara Weissman — August 6, 2015
(RNS) U.S. counties with nicer weather and prettier natural surroundings see lower rates of religious affiliation, according to a new Baylor University study.
