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Connect with ESN at ASA This Week
Local to Chicago, or attending the ASA conference from elsewhere? Join us to hear from a biotech company founder, talk with a citizen science expert, and enjoy Chicago deep dish pizza and a talk by a science advisor to PBS. Read more…
Great Theology, Teachableness, & John Calvin [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
In an essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, [Marilynne] Robinson declared that “great theology is always a kind of giant and intricate poetry, like epic or saga. . . .”Read more…
New Info for Christians in Chemistry Meetup: August 26 (ACS San Diego Meeting)
New details on the upcoming Christians in Chemistry meetup, at the ACS San Diego Meeting.Read more…
The praise that pours forth from the lips of . . . [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect Series]
Join me in pressing into the call to hunger and thirst for the Lord (individually and as part of the people of God in a particular place) in the mundane of study, vocation, and practice.Read more…
Faith and Reason Part 7: Plantinga, Continued
Looking for a contemporary philosopher wrestling with questions of faith and reason? Read on for more on Alvin Plantinga. Read more…
Christians in Chemistry Meetup: August 26 (ACS San Diego Meeting)
In our goal of connecting Christian academics to the communities they need, we often publicize meetups of Christians at various conferences. The informal group “Christians in Chemistry” has an upcoming meeting at the ACS San Diego National Meeting August 26.Read more…
Healing…Fiction…Connectedness [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
With summer unfolding, I thought that it would be good to go the direction of Read…Quote…Reflect, beginning with a series on “Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson” – an InterVarsity Press publication resulting from the 2018 Wheaton Theology Conference.Read more…
Rest and Flourishing: ESN Weekly Summer Readings for Faculty (Small Group or Individual)
Are you looking for summer readings for faculty small groups or individual reflection? We have curated 12 weeks of ESN content to help you rest and flourish as a faculty member following Christ in academia.Read more…
Faith and Reason Part 6: Plantinga
Plantinga has singlehandedly changed the debate in several areas of analytic philosophy.Read more…
Call for Papers on Transhumanism: A Scholarship—and Faith—Opportunity
At ESN, we like to share opportunities to write for academic journals addressing various aspects of scholarship and faith. Friend of ESN David Winyard invites ESN readers to submit work to a special edition of the journal Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation).Read more…
Rest and Growth: ESN Weekly Summer Readings for Grad Students (Small Group or Individual)
Are you looking for summer readings for small groups or individual reflection? We have curated 12 weeks of ESN content to help you rest and grow as a graduate student following Christ in academia. Our readings start with a seriesRead more…
Scholarships to ASA Faith & Science Conference
Would you like to enjoy Chicago deep dish pizza while you hear from someone who has introduced millions of students to fundamental science concepts? Have you ever wished you could take a field trip to Fermilab, home of major discoveries about quarks?Read more…
Science Corner: Welcome to the Human Club
We are already human, but not yet the human we are headed towards. The human experience is intrinsically one of becoming, not merely being.Read more…
Job Announcement: Professor or Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
As a public service, we post job openings that may be of interest to our audience. Read on for more details on a position at Sattler College in Boston. PROFESSOR OR ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Job Description Sattler CollegeRead more…
Free Webinar Saturday: Jesus, Beginnings, and Science with David and Kate Vosburg
We’re delighted to share that friends of ESN David and Kate Vosburg will be offering a free webinar this Saturday through the Society of Christian Scholars. More detail below. Register here Jesus, Beginnings, and Science Webinar Description David and KateRead more…
A Philosophy Professor Prays for Emerging Writers
Philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan shared this prayer at a gathering of The Augustine Collective. We liked it so much we asked her if we could share it with Christian academics at the ESN blog. At ESN, we love to shareRead more…
Science Corner: A Loaf of Bread, a Container of Milk, and a Unicorn
Unicorn Store, the tale of a frustrated art student offered the opportunity to adopt a unicorn, exists well outside the world of science fiction stories I typically review here. Yet as I watched, it struck me just how much theRead more…
Happy Easter from ESN
He is risen! May you know the joy of Christ’s presence today. We hope the following hymn [Come You Faithful, Raise the Strain] helps you celebrate the risen life of our Savior.Read more…
Entering One Holy Week
Thank you to Kirsten Wagenius for sharing “ONE HOLY WEEK: an Easter journey from palms to persecution to praise” with the Emerging Scholars Network!Read more…
Science Corner: Adding to the Conversation
Highlights from Francis Su’s webinar “The Integration of Faith and the Academic Calling.”Read more…
Spiritual Life As An Academic: The Perpetual Student
Part of the challenge in academia is that my success seems tied to my ‘expertise.’ Read more…
American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) annual faith/science conference is coming up July 19-22. The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) and ASA have partnered to expand student/early career presence greatly in the last few years, and this time we would love to connect with even more emerging scholars and more experienced mentors.Read more…
The One Thing Needful (Lent 2019)
The mark of a certain kind of genius is the ability and energy to keep returning to the same task relentlessly, imaginatively, curiously, for a lifetime. – Eugene H. Peterson, Run with the HorsesRead more…