Drumroll . . . Science in Review: Thor, Thanos and Theology by Andy Walsh A Prayer for Those Finishing a Semester by Hannah Eagleson How should Christians in the sciences choose an epistemology? by Jim Stump is part of the STEAM Grant/Faith Science Series. Stay tuned for when the booklet goes to print. How Do You Talk About Faith with Secular Colleagues? (STEAM Grant Faith/Science Series) by Robert Kaita Apply for the ESN Urbana 18 Fellows Program. What a privilege to serve the Emerging Scholars at … [Read more...] about 2018’s Most Visited ESN Blog Posts
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Announcing the 2019 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant
ESN loves to provide opportunities for members. A very important membership benefit is the junior faculty grant offered to an ESN member every year by the Christian Scholars Foundation (CSF). CSF generously partners with ESN to support a junior faculty member with funds that can be used for research or other projects exploring Christian scholarship. Stay tuned for an interview with Jennifer Hawk, 2018 CSF awardee (pictured). … [Read more...] about Announcing the 2019 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant
Remembering the Sabbath (Growing Spiritually in Academic Life Series)
In our goal of supporting early career Christian academics, we like to crowdsource short tips on important ways of thriving as we follow Christ in the university. This fall, we've launched a new series of tips on growing spiritually in academia. Physics researcher Bob Kaita brings us a meditation on Sabbath today, adapted from a brief encouragement he shared with the Princeton InterVarsity Graduate Christian group at the beginning of the semester. We hope it will encourage you whether you read it now as we approach … [Read more...] about Remembering the Sabbath (Growing Spiritually in Academic Life Series)
The Emerging Scholars Blog: A 10-year Experiment in Building Online Community
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Emerging Scholars Network blog, we've been sharing reflections from members of our community. Today, ESN author Scott Santibanez shares his reflections in the form of a letter to fellow ESN members. You can also browse Mike Hickerson's reflection on 10 years of the ESN blog here, and Andy Walsh's thoughts on 6 years of science blogging for ESN here. To read more of Scott's writing, click here. Dear friends, Ten years ago, a group of dedicated people launched the … [Read more...] about The Emerging Scholars Blog: A 10-year Experiment in Building Online Community
10/6: Veritas UTK Panel at Conference on Rhetoric and Religion
[W]e are today witnessing the return of religion. As the French writer and statesman André Malraux predicted, the twenty-first century would be religious. This is why it is important—and perhaps why it is the duty of us academics and intellectuals—to find new ways of thinking about religion in a world where unthinking and depraved uses of religion can be dangerous. We should not forget, however, that for many linking rhetoric and religion remains new and daring. - Laurent Pernot, “The Rhetoric of Religion” … [Read more...] about 10/6: Veritas UTK Panel at Conference on Rhetoric and Religion