Baylor in the News – March 2-8, 2025
Dallas TV spotlights Black Gospel Archive; faculty experts answer "What is the Bible for?" in 7 words or less
KXAS-TV visited Baylor's Black Gospel Archive for a feature story that aired March 5, 2025, on the Dallas/Fort Worth NBC affiliate.
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Media coverage of Baylor University’s Black Gospel Archives continues to grow, while faculty experts weighed in on the full breadth of congressional war powers, what’s the Bible for in seven words or less and the curricular foundations of economics education.
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KXAS-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth/NBC): The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University keeps history alive
VIDEO: Baylor University is working to preserve history through the music and the spoken word collected and digitized in the Black Gospel Archive. Among those interviewed are Darryl Stuhr, director of Digitization and Digital Collection Preservation Services; Stephen Newby, D.M.A., The Lev H. Prichard III Endowed Chair in the Study of Black Worship, professor of music and Ambassador for The Black Gospel Music Preservation Program at Baylor; and Hannah Engstrom, audio digitization specialist.
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The Constitutionalist: What Does the Marque and Reprisal Clause Say about War Powers?
In this essay, Jacob Rodriguez, a political science doctoral candidate at Baylor, writes about Article I, Sect. 8 of the Constitution that empowers Congress to declare war, but also gives them the ability to “grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal,” an often ignored and understudied clause that’s key to understanding the full breadth of congressional war powers.
Religion News Service: Scripture doesn't make rules for pastors' wives. Beth Allison Barr explains why it matters.
In her new book “Becoming the Pastor’s Wife,” Beth Allison Barr, Ph.D., The James Vardaman Endowed Professor of History at Baylor, argues that the white, evangelical model for pastors’ wives is a product of culture, not Scripture.
The Christian Century: To see the world as God’s
Jonathan Tran, Ph.D., associate dean and professor of theology in Great Texts in Baylor’s Honors College, is among the writers who response to this question – What’s the Bible for? – in seven words or less. Tran writes “To see the world as God’s,” meaning that “Scripture trains us to see and act by giving us words to say and speak.”
The Christian Century: The Bible is a declaration of dependence
Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History and director of the Program on Historical Studies of Religion at Baylor, is among the writers who response to this question – What’s the Bible for? – in seven words or less. Jenkins writes “The Bible is a declaration of dependence,” adding that “all Bibles make the same common declaration, from which all interpretations proceed.”
Reno Gazette Journal: Ash Wednesday is tomorrow, March 5: What to know about the Christian holiday
Michael Foley, Ph.D., professor of patristics at Baylor and author of "Why Do Catholics Eat Fish On Friday?," is quoted in this article about Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Easter season for certain denominations of Christianity.
KAUF-FM (Fayetteville, AR/NPR): To Whom You Give Your Money is to Whom You Give Your Power
AUDIO: Neil Shanks, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of middle and secondary education at Baylor, joins the Undisciplined podcast to explore the curricular foundations of economics education.
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