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Monograph Series

The Grounds Institute of Public Ethics Monograph Series was launched by the institute to address key issues. Although we know that there are many ethical issues that deserve attention at any given time, the Institute has chosen to focus on a single theme each year. There are currently four books in the series, the most recent one being Thinking Christianly About Immigration by Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R.

Monograph Series 4: Thinking Christianly About Immigration

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Over the last few decades the global community has experienced migrations on an unheard of scale. Since the beginning of human history, people have been on the move. New regions have become inhabited, and the demographic make-up of every country in the world has  changed over time. Today, however, the sheer size of the movement of diverse peoples worldwide  has generated unique socioeconomic, political, and ethnic challenges. Immigration requires serious Christian reflection. Individual Christians, and the Christian church as a whole, need to ground their view on this controversial issue in the Scriptures, theology, and church history. The Vernon Grounds Institute of Public Ethics sees as its mission to provide a forum for such a task within an evangelical framework. The venues for some of these contributions were two of the annual activities that are sponsored by the Vernon Grounds Institute: the Kent Mathews Lectures and the Rally for the Common Good. The two final essays were invited in order to add an important ethnic voice (Chinese) and a perspective from another part of the globe (Europe), respectively. With such a complex topic, it is doubtful that readers will agree with all that is said in this volume, but if it can stimulate authentic and comprehensive Christian thinking on immigration, it will have served its purpose!

Monograph Series 3: Justice and Health Care

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This publication presents an effort to engage the healthcare debate from a clearly biblical perspective from three authors who are deeply concerned about the state of the needy and uninsured in this country and are uniquely qualified to speak on the topic. It is abundantly clear that the authors believe that healthcare should not be left at the level of an interesting debate issue; it raises a moral imperative to respond on behalf of those who cannot receive proper medical attention and, therefore, cannot experience the fullness of their humanity.

Monograph Series 2: Christians and Political Engagement

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This publication begins a new development in the series and is a product of reflection generated by the Institute itself. For its first year of operation, the decision was made to concentrate on issues pertaining to Christian faith and politics. The concern was to explore the way in which Christian faith might be able to prompt politics to greater conformity to God’s will for life in community. In one way or another, this note is sounded throughout the book.

Monograph Series 1: Evangelicalism and Social Responsibility
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The first of the Monograph Series, this booklet is a paper that was presented at the Evangelicals in Social Action Peace Witness Seminar at Eastern Mennonite College in 1967 by Dr. Vernon Grounds. It was published in 1969 by Herald Press in the Focal Pamphlet Series and is reissued here with their kind permission. In several ways it betrays the context of that time period. The international problems (communism and the Cold War) and lifestyle challenges (mixed bathing, card playing) are not those of today. But even if some things here reflect an earlier era, the central message of these pages remain foundational and the biblical passages it quotes eternally relevant.