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Home » Welcome to Scholar’s Compass

Welcome to Scholar’s Compass

September 7, 2014 by Hannah Eagleson 3 Comments

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Welcome to Scholar’s Compass, a devotional written for and by scholars.

InterVarsity Emerging Scholars Network  (ESN)’s goal in this endeavor is to give Christian academics a resource as they navigate the delights and challenges of integrating their vocation as believers with their vocation as scholars. We believe that God has made all creation, that He sustains it in His generosity, and that it reflects Him. Because of that, every field of study will provide opportunities to glorify God and celebrate His good work.

Every subject does that in a different way, and every individual scholar’s experience of integrating faith and field will be unique. Yet every experience of integrating faith and learning has much to teach others in the body of Christ. Through Scholar’s Compass, we provide reflections from scholars across a wide range of fields and experiences, in the hope that their thoughts will help others navigate their own vocations well.

A bit more on how Scholar’s Compass is organized:  In addition to reflections on integrating faith and the details of a subject, which usually appear under the heading Navigating Knowledge: Integrating Faith and the Details of Your Subject, we also explore how scholarly vocation and faith intertwine with several other themes. These include the following, and we’re open to adding more:

  • Navigating Research:  Becoming Well-versed in Your Field
  • Navigating Home: The Household and Academic Vocation
  • Navigating a Path: Shaping your Career in Light of Vocation
  • Navigating the Work of Your Hands: Learning about Academic Vocation through Physical Work
  • Navigating Place and Vocation: Your Geography and Your Vocation
  • Navigating Transitions: Your Vocation during Change
  • Navigating the Rapids: When it Doesn’t Go as You Expect
  • Navigating Teaching: How Vocation Shapes Pedagogy
  • Navigating Justice: Your Academic Vocation and Seeking Justice

We believe that navigating scholarly vocation well is a communal endeavor, and ESN seeks to encourage communities of believers, and to connect those who are seeking community. Scholar’s Compass writers come from a wide variety of career points and life experiences, reflecting the diversity of Christ’s church.

Hannah Eagleson
Hannah Eagleson

Dr. Hannah Eagleson loves building the ecosystem Christian scholars need to flourish and create positive impacts, in the university and beyond. She is Associate Director of InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars Network, a digital first ministry serving thousands of early career Christian scholars. Dr. Eagleson launched the ESN student/early career track at the American Scientific Affiliation annual faith and science conference. She is the editor of *Science and Faith: Student Questions Explored* (Hendrickson, 2019), and the one-semester guidebook *Scholar’s Compass: Connecting Faith & Work for Academics* (InterVarsity Emerging Scholars Network, 2021), with design by noted liturgical artist Ned Bustard. She also launched the Scholar’s Compass online devotional series in her previous role as ESN Editor. Dr. Eagleson holds an MA from St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD) and a PhD in Renaissance literature from the University of Delaware.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: community, creation, devotional, faith and vocation, Scholar's Compass, spiritual formation, writing

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  1. Caroline says

    September 11, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    Hi,

    I signed up to receive this by email a few days ago but its not working!

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    • Tom Grosh IV says

      September 11, 2014 at 11:47 pm

      Dear Caroline, Thank-you for letting us know. I had explored issues with the new code/plug-in earlier in the week. I will give it attention tomorrow and hopefully find a resolution.

      Note: It works fine when one registers for Scholars Compass via the box in the tool bar, which comes up automatically at https://blog.emergingscholars.org/category/scholars-compass/. In the mean time I signed you up manually. We’ll make a correction to the post by and a follow-up announcement/invitation on Saturday.

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  2. Andy Panjaitan says

    April 20, 2017 at 12:12 pm

    Dear Scholar’s Compass, I’d like to subscribe to this blog. My email address is: andy.panjaitan@gmail.com. Thank you! Andy Panjaitan, from Jakarta, Indonesia.

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