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Book Review: Erasmus and the Age of Reformation, by Johan Huizinga

July 7, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

Summary: An elegantly written biography of Desiderius Erasmus describing his life, thought and character as a scholar who hoped to awaken “good learning” and to bring about a purified Catholic church, and the tensions resulting from being caught between Reformers and Catholic hierarchy.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, calling, Christian scholar, christian scholarship, Erasmus, humanism, humanist scholarship, Johan Huizinga, public domain works, Reformation

Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar, Part 2: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)

December 4, 2014 by Kenneth Litwak No Comments

Teachers have significant influence through what they say. There are at least two spheres in which this warning from James is important to me: the church and the classroom.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Christian scholar, christian scholarship, church, classroom, knowledge, Navigating Knowledge, Scholar's Compass, teaching

In God We Trust: A July 4th Conversation on the Historian’s Vocation & the Church

July 4, 2013 by David Williams 2 Comments

So, Wen, given the prevalence of the whole “Christian America” ideology in American churches today, what has been your experience in the church as a historian of American religion? How do you navigate conversations about America’s history in church?

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Interview, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: 4th of July, Christian America, Christian scholar, christianity, church, deism, Founding Fathers, George Washington, history, interviews, Protestant Pilgrims, vocation

The Well: How open are you about your faith?

July 12, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

I’ve mentioned The Well here on the blog before — it’s a terrific resource put together by our colleagues with InterVarsity’s Women in the Academy and Professions. While their focus is, well, women in the academy and professions, anyone interested in the navigating the intersection between Christianity and the academy ought to be reading The […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Life in the Academy Tagged With: academic careers for women, Christian scholar, Faculty, graduate students, integration, professor, women in the academy

Finding Community at Christian Academic Conferences

April 12, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson 2 Comments

I included a bit about this in Friday’s Week in Review, but I wanted to give the topic its own post. Last week, I attended the 2010 Stone-Campbell Conference, an annual academic conference for colleges affiliated with the Stone-Campbell/Restoration Movement – Churches of Christ, Christian Churches, Disciples of Christ. It’s organized by William Baker at […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: Christian scholar, christian scholarship, cincinnati, conferences

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