Religion, Ethics, and the Public Square

A collection of articles by Dr. Richard A. Baer, Jr.

A. Religion, Ethics, and the Environment

Religion, Ethics, and the Environment - Syllabus and audio recordings of Natural Resources 407 (Religion, Ethics, and the Environment)

Publications

• Secular Bias and Environmental Policy -- Giving Christians a Place at the Table
• Agricultural Ethics at State Universities: Why No Input from the Theologians?
  • Original article Direct PDF Agriculture and Human Values
    Volume 2, Number 4, 41-46, DOI: 10.1007/BF01530677
  • Response by Michael Eldridge Direct PDF Agriculture and Human Values
    Volume 2, Number 4, 47-53, DOI: 10.1007/BF01530678
  • Response by Richard A. Baer Direct PDF Agriculture and Human Values
    Volume 6, Number 3, 99-104, DOI: 10.1007/BF02217673

B. Religion, Ethics, and Education

Publications

• Why a Functional Definition of Religion Is Necessary If Justice is to Be Achieved in Public Education
• Illegal Border Crossings: Evolution and Intelligent Design
• "Cosmos," Cosmologies, and the Public Schools by Richard A. Baer, Jr.
  • Direct PDF This World, Spring/Summer 1983, Number Five, pp. 5-17
• Diversity at Cornell
  • Diversity and Cultural Homogeneity at Cornell by Richard A. Baer, Jr. (1995)
  • Diversity at Cornell by Richard A. Baer, Jr. (1999)
• Public Education as "Brutal Censorship"
  • Direct PDF by Richard A. Baer, Jr. This World, Summer 1988, pp. 110-115
• The Supreme Court's Discriminatory Use of the Term "Sectarian" by Richard A. Baer, Jr.
  • Direct PDF The Journal of Law & Politics, Vol. VI, No. 3, pp 449-468
• Teaching Values in the Schools - Clarification or Indoctrination? by Richard A. Baer, Jr.
  • Direct PDF Principal, January 1982, pp. 17-21,36
• "To the Advantage of Infidelity," or How Not to Deal With Religion in America's Public Schools by Richard A. Baer and James C. Carper
  • Direct PDF Educational Policy, November 2000, pp. 601-621

C. Theology

• Praise for All Things