One of the elements of the scholar's journey is dislocation. Every few years, and sometimes more often, you find yourself beginning a new year in a new place. Dislocation can be disorienting and can bring out some of our worst coping mechanisms. Do you know what those are for you? Whether you are beginning your first year of graduate school, or beginning a Ph.D program at a new school, or a post-doc, or a first-year faculty position, you are likely experiencing dislocation--new place, new responsibilities, new … [Read more...] about Beginning Well at the Start of a New Academic Year
A Call for Articles on Faith and Fields of Study
The Emerging Scholars Network, an effort to equip rising Christian scholars in the United States, is interested in running a series this year at our blog on "______________" Through the Lens of Faith" with the blank comprising the various fields of study in the university. The idea of this series is not an academic piece on integrating your field and your faith so much as your personal reflections on how your faith informs your thinking and practice in your research, teaching, and service. This could … [Read more...] about A Call for Articles on Faith and Fields of Study
A Call for Book Reviews
Summer is approaching and it is a great time to kick back with a good book. Over the years, ESN has included reviews of books broadly focusing on the intersection of Christian faith and academic life. If you are reading or have read something that fits that, we'd love to post your review to let other Emerging Scholars members know about the book. Here's what we suggest: We like to work with an upper limit of 1500 words, so this would not be the kind of in-depth review you would submit to a journal. Generally, we … [Read more...] about A Call for Book Reviews
Emerging Scholars Network Summer Book Club
I don't know about you, but summer is a great time for me to catch up on books I'd like to read, including significant Christian books that help me understand the faith more deeply and connect it to my life. This summer, the Emerging Scholars Network would like to help with that. Carmen Joy Imes is a professor of Old Testament at Biola University and author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (IVP 2019). She is also the popular host of Torah Tuesday, where she shares about her research in the first five … [Read more...] about Emerging Scholars Network Summer Book Club
Campus Report: The Faculty Roundtable at The Ohio State University
Imagine an evening beginning with drinks and appetizers and a dinner with people around the table of diverse disciplinary and religious backgrounds. Imagine courteous but substantive dialogue between two presenters from different faith stances, and extended time for conversation and questions around tables. And then extra time to talk with presenters over more refreshments afterwards. Does that even sound possible? It was, recently, when over 100 university faculty from The Ohio State University and neighboring campuses … [Read more...] about Campus Report: The Faculty Roundtable at The Ohio State University