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Micheal Hickerson

The Winners of Your Mind’s Mission

December 4, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

Your Minds Mission

Last week, to celebrate the launch of the new EmergingScholars.org, we announced we were giving away 5 copies of Greg Jao's new book, Your Mind's Mission. We have collected the entries and randomly chosen our winners: Angelica Daniel Sophia Gerald John Congratulations! We'll be in touch by email to arrange delivery. If you didn't win, you'll have some additional chances. We will be holding some additional giveaways here on the blog between now and Christmas. We will also have a drawing to win Greg's … [Read more...] about The Winners of Your Mind’s Mission

Filed Under: About ESN, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: books, contests, Greg Jao, urbana

Reading Pagans (and Christians) with Charity

December 4, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

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Two weeks ago, James Sire addressed a question from me about learning from artists and writers who have a different world view than my own. In his response, he mentioned Alan Jacobs's A Theology of Reading, which I have been reading and blogging through lately. I'd like to expand a bit on Jim's reference to Jacobs's book with a few examples of charitable reading. Throughout the book, Jacobs offers “interludes,” which are essentially case studies of different styles and methods of reading. “Interlude D: Two Charitable … [Read more...] about Reading Pagans (and Christians) with Charity

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, Question and Answer Tagged With: alan jacobs, basil the great, books, James Sire, jane tompkins, knowledge, reading with charity, soren kierkegaard, virtue, w. h. auden

Announcing the New ESN Website (and a Chance to Win a Free Book)!

November 27, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 20 Comments

The New ESN Website

The  Emerging Scholars Network has a new website! We invite you to visit and explore. To celebrate the launch of the new Emerging Scholars Network website, we're offering you the chance to win one of 5 copies of  Your Mind's Mission, the new book from  InterVarsity national field director (and Urbana 12 emcee)  Greg Jao! This book, part of the new  Urbana Onward  series, explores God's invitation to love him with our mind. We've just published an excerpt from Your Mind's Mission on the new ESN website. Take a few … [Read more...] about Announcing the New ESN Website (and a Chance to Win a Free Book)!

Filed Under: About ESN, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: books, contests, Greg Jao, urbana

What Are You Thankful For? The Spiritual Discipline of Gratitude

November 20, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 3 Comments

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All this month, my Facebook feed has been filled with friends participating in 30 Days of Thanksgiving, posting each day about something for which they are thankful —their family, their friends, the goodness of God's provision, etc. The regular practice of gratitude is an important guard against cynicism and self-righteousness and something that I endorse. Even so, it was hard for me not to laugh at the Facebook post of a friend, who recently left a PhD program in Second Temple Judaism and is currently struggling to … [Read more...] about What Are You Thankful For? The Spiritual Discipline of Gratitude

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: adele ahlberg calhoun, gratitude, Jay Sivits, spiritual disciplines, Thanksgiving, tom trevethan

Are There Any Books That You Revere?

November 13, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 11 Comments

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In my continued reading of Alan Jacobs' A Theology of Reading, I've come to his chapter “Kenosis.” He addresses the question of whether someone can love a text in the same self-giving way that one can —even ought to —love another person. Kenosis is the Greek word used in Philippians 2:7 to describe the “self-emptying” movement of Christ in his Incarnation: [Jesus], being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the … [Read more...] about Are There Any Books That You Revere?

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: alan jacobs, books, jesus, kenosis, reading

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