First impressions of PBS' God in America, with some filling out by dialog with the series executive producer Mike Sullivan in today's open chat on Patheos. Maybe I should have divided the material into more than one post, but some friends have been dropping emails to post it all ASAP ;-) So here you are ... What is PBS' God in America? Positives points What didn't sit well, including some recommendations ... Don't worry more is coming, including a tie back into the Elizabethtown College and Peacemaking … [Read more...] about Don’t miss “God in America”
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Is Religion Inferior to Science?
Yesterday, USA Today published an opinion column by University of Chicago professor Jerry Coyne called "Science and religion aren't friends." Coyne, the author of Why Evolution Is True, opposes any attempt to reconcile, integrate, or otherwise bridge the gap between science and religion. To Coyne, religion is less than worthless: ...pretending that faith and science are equally valid ways of finding truth not only weakens our concept of truth, it also gives religion an undeserved authority that does the world no good. … [Read more...] about Is Religion Inferior to Science?
PeaceMaking Falls in the Face of Military Conflict
As you may remember from No football. Campus tradition rooted in peace-making, I've been working on a Theology of the Church paper exploring how Elizabethtown College, founded to keep youth within the Church of the Brethren, fared in teaching denominational doctrine and way of life. In the earlier post, I shared how no football embodied the Church of the Brethren way of life. How well did peacemaking extend beyond no football, particularly in the face of 20th century military engagements? How well has your campus … [Read more...] about PeaceMaking Falls in the Face of Military Conflict
Who Are Your Heroes?
In the current issue of Christianity Today, Ted Olsen writes: Rice University sociologist D. Michael Lindsay says that of the evangelicals in cultural leadership he has studied, most notably for his 2007 book Faith in the Halls of Power, 39 percent named [William] Wilberforce, C. S. Lewis, or both men as their personal hero or icon. I'll admit —I don't put much stock in personal heroes. Not because of their personal failings, though —Olsen's article looks at revelations from Stephen Tomkin's new book The Clapham Sect … [Read more...] about Who Are Your Heroes?
Coming Soon from InterVarsity Press: Constantine, Science, Business, and More
We're introducing a new occasional contributor and feature on the Emerging Scholars Blog today. Nick Liao, Academic Sales and Marketing Manager for InterVarsity Press, will join us periodically to spotlight new titles from IVP that may be of interest to emerging scholars. If you like this, you may also be interested in a new bibliography, Campus Resources from IVP, that Nick, Tom, and I created to draw attention to IVP titles related to concerns of graduate students and faculty. I also recommend signing up for IVP … [Read more...] about Coming Soon from InterVarsity Press: Constantine, Science, Business, and More