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Scholar’s Compass: Creativity as Gift

February 5, 2015 by David Russell Mosley 2 Comments

David Russell Mosley generously shared Advent and Christmas reflections with us in 2014. Today, he begins a three part series exploring  how human creativity participates in God's creativity, a subject he explores as a scholar of theology and writer of poetry. Tolkien fans will enjoy Mosley's exploration of the idea of subcreation, articulated in  Tolkien's essay "On Faerie Stories." Tolkien argued that human creativity is a gift from God to those made in His image, and that when a human writer imagines something, that … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Creativity as Gift

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: creativity, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Milbank, Scholar's Compass

“Animals and Atoms”: The Creative Imagination and the Body of Christ (Scholar’s Compass)

November 6, 2014 by Angela O'Neal 5 Comments

So spacious is [Christ], so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies. --  Colossians 1:19-20, The Message Reflection I discovered my favorite subject during my sophomore year of college in Ms. Gaines' survey of British literature class. I didn't know why at the time, but Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley … [Read more...] about “Animals and Atoms”: The Creative Imagination and the Body of Christ (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: creativity, Navigating Knowledge, Romantics, Scholar's Compass

Science Corner: Name that Everything!

November 5, 2014 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Simulated black hole

For this week, I couldn't choose between a pair of items about science as exploration of the unknown, so I didn't. First, an essay on the value of pushing past the boundaries of what is known, even when mistakes are made. I'd probably make that point even stronger than the essay did. Negative results are valuable in science, a reality that isn't always appreciated in a culture where winning and losing is the lens through which we view every endeavor. Even when Eddington and Hoyle were wrong, they were giving us language … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Name that Everything!

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Adam, creativity, interstellar, science corner

Scholar’s Compass Navigating Knowledge: Creativity That Delights

September 25, 2014 by Dave Vosburg Leave a Comment

Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts. And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others."   - Exodus 35:30-34 … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass Navigating Knowledge: Creativity That Delights

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Love Your Academic Discipline, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: chemistry, creativity, david vosburg, J.R.R. Tolkien, knowledge, Love Your Academic Discipline, Navigating Knowledge, Scholar's Compass, science and faith, The Four Loves

Science Corner: Out with the Old?

September 10, 2014 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Photo by opensourceway The challenges of getting funding and being published are perennially of interest, particularly to emerging scholars. I imagine this examination of the current status quo will therefore be popular. But for an article on science funding, it seems to have a disconnect between its data and conclusions. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Out with the Old?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: age bias, creativity, funding, innovation, NIH, Nobel Prize, publishing, science corner

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