For the past several weeks, I’ve been reading T.M. Luhrmann’s When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God. The book addresses a simple, but profound, question from the perspective of a nonbeliever: how can seemingly rational, otherwise normal people claim to discern God’s will, to hear God’s voice, and, sometimes, to even see or feel […]
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Best Books for Undergrads: Your Picks
Thanks to everyone who weighed in on my request for the best books for undergrads! Here are the recommendations that we received on the blog, from Facebook, and via email. Tom and I received an amazing variety of responses. Here were some interesting trends: C. S. Lewis was recommended more than any other author, but […]
Which conferences do you love to attend?
Today, just a quick question for the ESN community: Which conferences do you love to attend? No boundaries on type – they can be Christian, secular, academic, church-related, artistic, theological, national, local, whatever. Or, if you’re the aspirational sort, which conferences would you love to attend if you could? In a mere coincidence, but TEDGlobal2009 is […]