I have been in the student presentation sessions at the BYU Stand for the Family conference. The Ruth Institute sponsored the Call for Papers. We arranged for the judging and awarding of prizes. We had over 150 papers entered in our essay contest. The first place winner for undergraduate papers was Alyssa Brown. Her paper was a critique of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. She won first place from a field of over 100 entries in the undergraduate category.
Steve Francis won first place for the graduate papers with a paper on the New Natural Law and the definition of marriage. Sterling Olander won the first prize for a paper he wrote for a Law and Logic class, “Logical Fallacies Used by the Courts to Justify Same Sex Marriage Validate a Slippery Slope.” All these papers are works in progress, and may be substantially revised before they get published. We will be posting them on the Ruth Institute Marriage Library site, in the meantime.
Thanks to all students for their efforts!
Why Feminism and Christianity Can’t Mix
April 28, 2026
In this compelling episode of The Dr. J Show, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse sits down with author Carrie Gress to explore a provocative question: can feminism and Christianity truly coexist? Drawing from history, philosophy, and cultural analysis, Gress argues that the two systems are fundamentally at odds—offering competing visions of womanhood, identity, and human flourishing. The conversation dives into the ideological roots of feminism, its cultural impact, and why many today are reexamining its promises in light of rising social and personal challenges.