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Call to support ESN’s daily life

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To connect  emerging Christian scholars to resources, local communities, and wider networks.  Learn more... We  generally try to avoid alarmist communications at  ESN, but we truly are at a crucial moment, and we want to invite you to partner with us in supporting Christian academics.  Last week we shared the wonderful news that God has blessed and expanded the Emerging Scholars Network's ministry in the last year and a half. We're very grateful for the temporary funding which God used to grow ESN over the past few … [Read more...] about Call to support ESN’s daily life

Urbana Preview: Cross-Cultural Teaching—One Story and a Few Tips for North American Scholars

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Brian Dennison spoke  at Urbana on "The Vocation of Law in God's Global Mission to Bring Justice and Wholeness." You can find a summary of his talk here. To introduce you to Brian and "share the blessing,"  Brian offers some tips from his own  experience teaching cross-culturally. Part 1. Note: Have experience teaching cross-culturally  and want to write about it? Whatever your culture of origin and wherever you taught cross-culturally, we'd love to hear.  Email us here.   … [Read more...] about Urbana Preview: Cross-Cultural Teaching—One Story and a Few Tips for North American Scholars

Book Review: Questioning Your Doubts

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Questioning Your Doubts: A Harvard PhD Explores Challenges to Faith, Christina M. H. Powell. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2014. Summary: This book comes out of the world of academic research and proposes that the process of questioning our doubts as well as our faith builds bridges of understanding deepening both our exercise of reason and confidence in our faith. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Questioning Your Doubts