INTRODUCING
THE PLAGIARISM PROJECT
(Posted April 1, 2003,
updated June 2, 2003)
© 2003, William M. Alnor
God, it
can be clearly said, is concerned with
plagiarism. Through the prophet
Jeremiah He noted, "Therefore, behold,
I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD,
that steal my words every one from his
neighbour" (Jer. 23:30).
Christian
Sentinel Publisher Bill Alnor (who is also a
journalism professor at Texas A&M
University - Kingsville, USA) has compiled
considerable research during the past six
years as he begins to write his Ph.D.
dissertation on the topic of plagiarism and
religion. First, Bill asks for your
prayers as he plans to become increasingly
outspoken on this communication problem
affecting the evangelical media.
"I am also now
seeking additional help from
mostly the evangelical world and
specifically the publishing industry in
pulling together more specific information
of why plagiarism has become a rampant
problem within the Christian world,"
Bill said. "It seems to me that
Christians at least should know the Ten
Commandments, and one of them is, `thou
shalt not steal.' Can you help add
anything more to my plagiarism charts?
This
does not imply that anyone supplying me with
additional tips has become a researcher in
my doctoral dissertation project.
Ultimately, I am personally investigating
all tips. I'll keep your help
confidential, as I am also surveying various
publishing executives. To
go to my chart on contemporary religious
leaders and plagiarism, click here.
To go to my chart on how plagiarism was
involved in the formation
of religious systems, click here.
"I plan on
continuing my work on similar matters and
will be releasing some of my findings in a
new scholarly website called www.religionandethics.net as I have
purchased that domain name."
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Click here to go the April 2003 Christian Sentinel E-update in which we broke two new stories related to plagiarism and religion. A story concerning alleged plagiarism and Winston Frost is on the left hand side. The story on the Richard Abanes allegations are near the bottom right. |
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Kurt Van Gorden's article on Abanes can be accessed here. See a June 2003 update on this case by clicking here. |
| We have two charts on the alleged Frost plagiarism. Chart one is here. Chart two is here. As explained our June 2003 update, Frost issued a statement to the Christian Sentinel in which he attempted to correct what he believes to be distortions surrounding his record. He also removed one of the instances of plagiarism from his website and he apologized for his staff's role in putting it up. |
For those in the religious publishing industry, including members of the Evangelical Press Association and the Evangelical Christian Publisher's association who were invited to take part in a survey for Professor Alnor's Ph.D. dissertation, there are two forms in Word format that you may download to your hard drives, make changes to (or type in your name on the consent form) and send back to Alnor at william.alnor@csueastbay.edu. Both must be filled out in order to participate. Also please write Mr. Alnor if you have any questions.
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Finally, if you can help Bill continue to track plagiarism in religion and specifically dealing with contemporary religious media figures, E-mail him at bill@cultlink.com.
