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Critical Race Theory: An Overview and Appraisal

February 5, 2021 by Jeff Liou 2 Comments

Having its origins in and influence upon the academy, it seems fitting for ESN to publish a blog post on this highly influential academic movement and its reception in Christian communities. Some Christian communities engage Critical Race Theory (CRT) with great skepticism, some with indifference, and some welcome it. This post begins with a sympathetic […]

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: academic culture, big questions, critical race theory

The Temptation of Knowledge and The Goodness of God

February 11, 2013 by John Hundley 2 Comments

Before I begin a series on Lenten spirituality (come back on Ash Wednesday), it would be beneficial to tell you a bit about myself.  If you’re going to find truth in what I say, I suppose you’ll need to see that Truth lives in me. I was raised in a strict Christian home where I, […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: academic culture, boston, knowledge, lent, montana, religious studies

Bielo: How Do Evangelicals Read the Bible?

June 26, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 2 Comments

This summer, I’m reading — and blogging about — several books that reflect academic understandings of American evangelicals. The first of these is James S. Bielo’s Words Upon the Word: An Ethnography of Evangelical Group Bible Study. Previously, I wrote about Bielo’s discussion of Bible study as a social institution and how he decided to […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Words Upon the Word Tagged With: academic culture, Evangelicalism, Faculty, james s. bielo, professor, the bible, the Evangelical Mind

A Tale of Two Christ(s)

April 26, 2012 by Roy Joseph 1 Comment

The ‘Two Christ(s)’ here is a figurative shorthand to highlight conflicting perspectives on the person of Christ within the ranks of those who self-­identify as Biblically orthodox Christians; reformed and evangelical and the like.

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: academic culture, calling, careerism, CCM, Christ, Christian Contemporary Scholarship, culture, faith, fractured Christ, integration, Two Natures, vocation

What I Wish I’d Known: Balancing Life and Graduate School

August 16, 2011 by Hannah Eagleson 4 Comments

Worship. Community. Rest. Accountability. Fun. . . .

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Completing Your PhD, Tips for Grad School, What I Wish I'd Known About Graduate School Tagged With: academic culture, balance, community, graduate school, graduate students, rest, sabbath, sabbath-keeping

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