It's for me! Hard to believe that the feast of Books & Culture* enters 15 years of production. The new issue has a time line on the cover and an accompanying podcast which I commend to you. Out of curiosity ... [poll id="8"] Whether or not you regularly follow Books & Culture, please click on Read the rest of this entry » to take a poll on which of the articles in the September/October 2010 sparks the greatest interest in reading, possibly discussing. Also free to comment on what you do/do not find … [Read more...] about Books & Culture not for everybody, but
Archives for 2010
What’s Your Best Advice for Undergraduates?
It's that time of year again - the NFL Preseason! Just kidding. I'm actually thinking about the beginning of school, especially all of the undergraduates who are either beginning their college experience or starting to think of life after their bachelor's degree. For undergrad members of ESN, this likely includes thoughts about graduate school. I've asked about advice for undergraduates before, receiving some great comments in the process. Since the responses were so good the last time, I'll just repeat the same … [Read more...] about What’s Your Best Advice for Undergraduates?
Week in Review: St. Olaf and Husbands Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. Mike here. Tom has spent the week in an intensive theology course, so I'm tackling the Week in Review solo. This is a great opportunity to clean out my "guilt file" - articles that I've had bookmarked for weeks and haven't had a chance to write … [Read more...] about Week in Review: St. Olaf and Husbands Edition
Thoughtfulness as the Aim of Liberal Education?
Each year, a senior scholar at the University of Chicago is chosen to deliver the Aims of Education address to incoming students. (An archive of the addresses since 1995 can be found online.) In 1981, Leon R. Kass delivered perhaps the best known of the addresses, "The Aims of Liberal Education." After dismissing several other goals as insufficient as the fundamental aim of liberal education (i.e. as opposed to education for professional training), or as objectives that can be better achieved elsewhere, Kass proposes … [Read more...] about Thoughtfulness as the Aim of Liberal Education?
Do You Pray Before Class?
As I mentioned in Friday's Week in Review, my InterVarsity colleague Tom Trevethan pointed me to a recent post by Fuller president Richard J. Mouw on Duke's Call & Response blog. Mouw asks: What difference does it make to open class with prayer? … [Read more...] about Do You Pray Before Class?