College's catalog - Trinity Christian College

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the center for law and culture
Centers at Trinity
Charles J. Emmerich, J.D., LL.M., executive director
Established in the spring of 2001, the Center for Law and Culture is an Illinois not-for-profit
organization located on the campus of Trinity Christian College. Although not formally a part
of Trinity, the Center enjoys a close working relationship with the College. The Center has been
granted federal tax-exempt status as an educational charity. For more information,
visit www.lawandculture.org.
MISSION
To inspire students and other citizens to serve God faithfully in public life, particularly in the
strategic fields of law, government, and politics. The Center does this by recovering the traditional
Judeo-Christian understanding that law is based on a moral order grounded in God’s authority as
Creator.
PROGRAMS
Through its three educational initiatives, the Law, Justice and Culture Institute, the Creation
Care Program, and the Religious Liberty Project, the Center provides worldview training in the
Judeo-Christian tradition. These initiatives stress the formation of a vibrant, biblical view of
public engagement, focusing on the threefold obligation to glorify God, serve our neighbor, and
care for creation.
• Law, Justice, and Culture Institute: an exciting academic experience held at Trinity Christian
College in May, leading to three credit-hours for students from participating institutions in the
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. One of the unique aspects of the Institute is
that the Center actively recruits students from other Council schools by awarding generous
scholarships. See History/ Political Science 244, Law, Justice and Culture.
• Creation Care Program: a groundbreaking initiative providing resources that educate citizens
and communities concerning their obligations to care for God’s creation.
• Religious Liberty Project: a pioneering program leading to a major treatise and other resources
emphasizing the “higher law” antecedents of religious liberty in the Western legal tradition.
PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS
• The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU)
• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
• National Association of Evangelicals
• American Studies Program
• The John Jay Institute
• Administer Justice
COUNCIL SCHOOLS ENDORSING THE INSTITUTE
• Trinity Christian College • Wheaton College
• Trinity International University • Biola University
• Cornerstone University
• Covenant College
• Redeemer University College • John Brown University
• Olivet Nazarene University • Judson University
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