William Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida
Covid-19 and Conspiracy Theories: Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness
May 2021 Editor's Introduction: Lutheran Ethicists' Gathering Part II (Volume 21 Issue 3)
Introduction [1] Given the present situation, where a novel virus is causing untold pain and suffering in our country, it is necessary to promote accurate medical and scientific information due to the high stakes of life and death. Unfortunately, scholars, doctors and public health officials have been combating a plethora of misinformation. Dangerous ideas have […]
Is Religion the Cause of Violence?
November 2013: Religion and Violence (Volume 13 Issue 7)
William Rodriguez asks a scary yet important question: “Is religion the cause of violence?” Rodriguez uses Rene Girard’s assessment of the relationship between religion and violence to approach this controversial topic.
A Community of Character at the Intersections of Life and Death
[1] As a Christian and as a Moral Theologian, I have been appalled by the Theresa Schiavo case for a number of reasons. There is no doubt that many people used this case as an opportunity to promote a particular point of view or agenda. To these ends they twisted the legal, medical, political, moral, […]