Picture: University of Michigan Law School Reading Room Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics (InterVarsity Press, 2014), continues his series. Rick will be speaking at Urbana Student Missions Conference (December 27-31) in a seminar called “Love Your Atheist Neighbor,” and he's giving us a preview here. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Interested in doing a series on Urbana or an interview with an Urbana speaker? … [Read more...] about Love Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 3 (Urbana Preview)
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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 2 (Urbana preview)
Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics(InterVarsity Press, 2014), continues his series. Rick will be speaking at Urbana in a seminar called "Love Your Atheist Neighbor," and he's giving us a preview here. Read Part 1. Interested in doing a series on Urbana or an interview with an Urbana speaker? Email us here. Responding to the Science-only Objection In my prior post I replied to the question, Who is my … [Read more...] about Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 2 (Urbana preview)
Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 1 (Urbana preview)
As preparation for Urbana, we'll be sharing encouragement from speakers who are giving seminars, and possibly others involved in Urbana as well. Today Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics (InterVarsity Press, 2014), kicks off with an excellent series. Because Urbana is a place to engage with our vocations as Christians and missional academics, we'll sometimes share these on Mondays, alternating with Scholar's Call. … [Read more...] about Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 1 (Urbana preview)
Preview: ESN This Fall
As the semester starts up, we wanted to share a preview of what's happening at the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) this fall. We're excited to be introducing new ways of connecting with other Christian scholars online and in person, as well as a wide range of blog options. This week, we'll be sharing a preview of upcoming blog features for this academic year. For now, we'd like to introduce some new or expanded ways to connect face to face. Stay tuned for more on these ways to connect: … [Read more...] about Preview: ESN This Fall
Book Review: Kingdom Without Borders
Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity. Miriam Adeney. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2009. Summary: Adeney, a professor of global and urban ministries, chronicles the global spread of Christianity through stories of sacrificial and courageous Christians in the Majority World. Philip Jenkins has studied the spread of Christianity in the southern hemisphere and majority world. For many this is a study of statistics and demographics. Miriam Adeney tells a similar story, not so much … [Read more...] about Book Review: Kingdom Without Borders