Conversations Newsletter

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Current Issue: December 2008

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Feature Articles

Michael Clayton, Thomas More, and the Duty of a Christian Lawyer
by Amin Aminfar (Academy Class of 2003)

“The relationship between lawyer and client constructed by the rules of legal ethics does not contain, therefore, an absolute agreement that the lawyer will never betray the client, just that the lawyer is prepared to accept the wrath of the client (and subsequent wrath of the profession) should the lawyer make the choice to betray.”

A Mandate for Human Rights Activism
by Benedict Rogers (upcoming Academy Scholar in Residence)

“He had seen his father shot dead in front of him, as they worked together in their rice paddy. He waited until the Burma Army soldiers had gone, and then brought his father’s body back for burial.”

Link to "Learning to Laugh at Obama” from The Wall Street Journal by Jamin Brophy-Warren (Academy Class of 2006) and Amy Chozick, 11/28/2008


Fall 2008

Exploring a Lost American Ethic
Sorcha Brophy-Warren (Academy Class of 2006)
The last year of economic upheaval in the US has proved unfortunately fortunate timing for researchers working on the topic of personal debt. Frightened by the subprime mortgage debacle, rising fuel prices, and usurious lending practices in the headlines, everyone is ready for some insight into the crisis of overindebtedness. 

Spring 2008

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Louisiana in the Distance
Josh Britton ( Academy Class of 2008)

Loving Your Neighbor in the City
Reflections on an urban ministry conference by Wendell Kimbrough ( Academy Class of 2007), Ali Phillips (Academy Class of 2008) and Will Weir ( Academy Class of 2008)

Forward to Dr. David Norman's Brain, Mind and Soul in the Theological Psychology of Donald Mackay, 1922-1987, by Emeritus Professor Malcolm Jeeves, C.B.E., F.Med Sci., F.B.Ps.S., F.R.S.E., Past President, The Royal Society of Edinburgh

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