To further "flesh out" Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews? (InterVarsity Press, 2014), I asked Mary Poplin, PhD, Professor of Education, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University, to offer a follow-up series focused upon practical illustrations, stories, and resources. This is the "teaser" which includes a call to join the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) in refining our resource material over the course of the coming academic term. Mary Poplin: Many … [Read more...] about Engaging Students in the Subject of Truth
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Takeaways from “Is Reality Secular?”
Welcome to the third post in a series in which we explore with Mary Poplin her 2014 publication Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews? (InterVarsity Press). In earlier posts Mary provided: perspective on why she wrote Is Reality Secular? a brief snapshot of the four global worldviews she writes about in Is Reality Secular? In this piece Mary Poplin responds to my question, "What do you desire to be the top takeaways for readers of Is Reality Secular?" In future posts Mary … [Read more...] about Takeaways from “Is Reality Secular?”
“Downstream” Author Interview
Over the past several years via the Emerging Scholars Network I've gotten to know David L. O'Hara, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Augustana College, South Dakota). I particularly appreciate the refreshing manner in which he addresses material on his blog Slowly Percolating Forms. After the release of his new Wipf and Stock publication, Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly-Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia (co-authored with Matthew Dickerson, Ph.D., Computer Science Professor, … [Read more...] about “Downstream” Author Interview
Snapshots of Four Global Worldviews (Mary Poplin)
Note: In the first post of the Is Reality Secular? series, Mary Poplin shared what led her to write her new InterVarsity Press publication. Tom: I have found Is Reality Secular? truly serving as a "resource for living in and actively influencing our culture without being overtaken by it." Thank-you Mary. To assist the Emerging Scholar who has not yet had the opportunity to read and discuss your new publication, please give a brief snapshot of the four global worldviews with which you … [Read more...] about Snapshots of Four Global Worldviews (Mary Poplin)
Mary Poplin on “Is Reality Secular?”
Mary Simpson Poplin, PhD, Professor of Education, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University, has been (and continues to be) a significant encouragement to and ministry partner with the Emerging Scholars Network. Even before receiving a copy of Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews (InterVarsity Press, 2014), I knew that it was important to highlight Is Reality Secular? on the blog (See three early posts: 1, 2, 3). Over the course of the past several months, I … [Read more...] about Mary Poplin on “Is Reality Secular?”