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Loving God in Your Field of Study

January 29, 2021 by Bob Trube No Comments

The divide between Sunday, and Monday through Saturday, may be one of the biggest challenges facing Christians in the academy. In this article Bob Trube, ESN’s director, explores how we may live toward an undivided life through loving God in our field of study. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Following Jesus in pursuit of his kingdom calls us to […]

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: christian scholarship

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

Finding Common Ground: Christians, Scientists, and History of Science

February 19, 2016 by Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass, MD PhD No Comments

It often seems like science and our faith are in constant conflict. Christians and scientists are often at war, attacking each other’s views. However, in the history and philosophy of science, Christians and scientists can find substantial common ground.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science Tagged With: christian scholarship, History of Science, science and faith

The Missional Professor in Universities Outside North America

December 30, 2015 by Rebecca Carlson 1 Comment

Keith challenges us, saying that evangelicals should be commended for ministering well at the periphery of the University; however, now is the time to move to the heart of the university – the podium. There has been a clarion cry to do this in the United States and now there should be a cry to do this globally.

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Filed Under: Urbana2015 Tagged With: christian scholarship, culture, Faculty, Global Scholars, liveblogging, missions, professor, teaching, urbana, urbana seminar, urbana15

Book Review: The Pastor as Public Theologian

December 18, 2015 by Bob Trube No Comments

In The Pastor as Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Strachan contend that at the heart of the pastoral calling is a vision of doing theology with the people of God, pointing them to what God is doing in and through the Christ, and how they may participate in that work.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Book Review, christian scholarship, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Owen Strachan, pastor, public life, Reformation, theologian

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