While I am convinced astronauts really did make the quarter-million mile journey [to the moon], I’ve found myself thinking about the sense in which they did not fully depart the Earth.Read more…
New Grad Students: Get ESN’s Survival Kit & Community Connections
We’ll send you some of our best content on thriving in grad school and get you connected to Christian communities near you. Read more…
Connect with ESN at ASA This Week
Local to Chicago, or attending the ASA conference from elsewhere? Join us to hear from a biotech company founder, talk with a citizen science expert, and enjoy Chicago deep dish pizza and a talk by a science advisor to PBS. Read more…
Great Theology, Teachableness, & John Calvin [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
In an essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, [Marilynne] Robinson declared that “great theology is always a kind of giant and intricate poetry, like epic or saga. . . .”Read more…
New Info for Christians in Chemistry Meetup: August 26 (ACS San Diego Meeting)
New details on the upcoming Christians in Chemistry meetup, at the ACS San Diego Meeting.Read more…
Science Corner: Predicting Periodically
The periodic table turned 150 earlier this year, or at least March 1 was the 150th anniversary of the publication of Dmitri Mendeleev’s version.Read more…
The praise that pours forth from the lips of . . . [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect Series]
Join me in pressing into the call to hunger and thirst for the Lord (individually and as part of the people of God in a particular place) in the mundane of study, vocation, and practice.Read more…
Science Corner: Methods Maketh Metaphor
If we cannot avoid metaphors, we can at least be transparent about how we use them and think critically to identify when they have reached the limits of usefulness.Read more…
Faith and Reason Part 7: Plantinga, Continued
Looking for a contemporary philosopher wrestling with questions of faith and reason? Read on for more on Alvin Plantinga. Read more…
Christians in Chemistry Meetup: August 26 (ACS San Diego Meeting)
In our goal of connecting Christian academics to the communities they need, we often publicize meetups of Christians at various conferences. The informal group “Christians in Chemistry” has an upcoming meeting at the ACS San Diego National Meeting August 26.Read more…
Healing…Fiction…Connectedness [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
With summer unfolding, I thought that it would be good to go the direction of Read…Quote…Reflect, beginning with a series on “Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson” – an InterVarsity Press publication resulting from the 2018 Wheaton Theology Conference.Read more…
Science Corner: It’s Life Jim, But Not As We Know It
I thought it might be a good idea to try to get ahead of the curve on a new story. This one involves a topic likely to be of greater interest to the science & faith community: life on Mars.Read more…
Science Corner: Finding the Levers in Biomedicine
Last week, NIH Director and BioLogos founder Francis Collins announced that he would no longer accept invitations to conferences with all-male panels.Read more…
Rest and Flourishing: ESN Weekly Summer Readings for Faculty (Small Group or Individual)
Are you looking for summer readings for faculty small groups or individual reflection? We have curated 12 weeks of ESN content to help you rest and flourish as a faculty member following Christ in academia.Read more…
Faith and Reason Part 6: Plantinga
Plantinga has singlehandedly changed the debate in several areas of analytic philosophy.Read more…
Call for Papers on Transhumanism: A Scholarship—and Faith—Opportunity
At ESN, we like to share opportunities to write for academic journals addressing various aspects of scholarship and faith. Friend of ESN David Winyard invites ESN readers to submit work to a special edition of the journal Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation).Read more…
Rest and Growth: ESN Weekly Summer Readings for Grad Students (Small Group or Individual)
Are you looking for summer readings for small groups or individual reflection? We have curated 12 weeks of ESN content to help you rest and grow as a graduate student following Christ in academia. Our readings start with a seriesRead more…
Science Corner: In the Hot Zone
Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone was not my first introduction to emerging infectious diseases. … Still, Preston’s controversial best seller likely introduced me to the Ebola virus and to concepts like biosafety level 4 laboratories.Read more…
Scholarships to ASA Faith & Science Conference
Would you like to enjoy Chicago deep dish pizza while you hear from someone who has introduced millions of students to fundamental science concepts? Have you ever wished you could take a field trip to Fermilab, home of major discoveries about quarks?Read more…
Science Book Review: The Big Nine – How the Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
[The Big Nine] reads like a blend of science fact and fiction as [author Amy] Webb tells us where we’ve been and imagines where we might go.Read more…
Science Corner: Welcome to the Human Club
We are already human, but not yet the human we are headed towards. The human experience is intrinsically one of becoming, not merely being.Read more…
Science Book Review: Complexity – A Guided Tour
Complexity introduces readers to the wide-ranging world of complexity science, with an emphasis on the computational side. Plus a robot that cleans up for you.Read more…
Job Announcement: Professor or Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
As a public service, we post job openings that may be of interest to our audience. Read on for more details on a position at Sattler College in Boston. PROFESSOR OR ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Job Description Sattler CollegeRead more…
Science Corner: Portrait of an Emerging Scholar
We wander a bit outside the usual science themes, but we are not lost; we are with Tolkien.Read more…