We appreciate Rick Mattson sharing this excerpt from Witness In The Academy: a guide for graduate students, faculty, and those who minister with them. Rick will be joining ESN in a live conversation about our witness in the academy Thursday February 29 at 8 pm ET. We'd love for you to join us by signing up at tinyurl.com/ESNWitness. As a speaker and trainer for InterVarsity’s Graduate Faculty Ministries (GFM), I find myself frequently on airplanes as I travel to campuses around the country. One afternoon on a flight … [Read more...] about A Case Study in Witness: Ruth in 21C
Christian Witness in the Academy
A Tribute to Fred Brooks, Computer Scientist and Christian
On November 17, 2022, at the age of 91, Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. passed away in his home in Chapel Hill, NC surrounded by family and friends singing hymns. Many tributes have since been published, including excellent ones in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Computer Science Department, and Trinity School of Durham. Fred meant a lot to many people, and I encourage you to read these and other remembrances. To those, I now add my own. Fred was born in … [Read more...] about A Tribute to Fred Brooks, Computer Scientist and Christian
Bearing the Gospel of Peace Within the Family of Abraham: Part Two
Last week, Bill Nelson considered the traditional framing of the Genesis accounts of Ishmael, leaving us with some of the questions this raised for him. Today, he digs deeper and proposes a re-framing of that narrative, based on digging deeper into these texts. He concludes with a consideration of the implications this might have for Muslim-Christian dialogue. A Counter-Narrative Reading the Bible through a Middle Eastern lens helps us understand its cultural context. Tony Maalouf, a Lebanese Christian scholar, … [Read more...] about Bearing the Gospel of Peace Within the Family of Abraham: Part Two
Bearing the Gospel of Peace Within the Family of Abraham: Part One
We work alongside Muslim scholars on most campuses. Bill Nelson, InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Minister at Johns-Hopkins, shared an article with us arising out of his experience of sharing a Peace Feast with Muslim Students. This led to a study of the Genesis texts on Ishmael, how they have commonly framed, and how a closer look leads to a re-framing with implications for Muslim-Christian relations. _____________________ In March 2020, we held our first Peace Feast with the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at the … [Read more...] about Bearing the Gospel of Peace Within the Family of Abraham: Part One