I am thrilled to announce our summer of 2024 ESN Conversations. Dru Johnson will lead off in a special evening interview with ESN science writer Andrew Walsh on What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture. The following week Jemar Tisby and Douglas M. Strong join in conversation about a diary found in a college closet and the insights into racial justice they uncovered, a story told in Awakening to Justice. Timothy Larsen joins us in July to talk about his annotating work on George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul. We wrap up … [Read more...] about Summer 2024 ESN Conversations
ESN Conversations
Fall 2023 through Winter 2024 ESN Conversations
We are thrilled with the ESN Conversations we have lined up for this fall and winter. Our topics range from the philosophy of personalism, to dispensationalism, to re-envisioning the church and rethinking the police. That's just our fall schedule. For December, we focus on a new book on Christmas; as the new year begins we will focus on living a non-anxious life; and then in February we'll have a conversation about re-constructing faith. We wanted to let you know so you could plan your schedule or even gather a group of … [Read more...] about Fall 2023 through Winter 2024 ESN Conversations
Summer 2023 ESN Conversations
At least for some, the summer is a time with a little extra bandwidth. Time for vacations, catching up on research, reading a good book, or just sitting out on a lounge chair with a cool drink. At the Emerging Scholars Network, we also believe that stimulating conversation around the intersection of our faith and the concerns of our personal, academic, and societal lives can be refreshing and renewing. And one of the things we love best about these conversations is not only that they are live but that you have the … [Read more...] about Summer 2023 ESN Conversations
Spring 2023 ESN Conversations
Our crocuses and daffodils are up after an unusually warm February. While it was fun to be out in short sleeves (in Central Ohio), this also just didn't seem right. It makes me interested in what our guest for our March ESN Conversation will have to say. But with spring's early approach, I also thought it would be fun to share with you our whole line up for ESN Conversations. We have some outstanding guests joining us. Here's the schedule with links to register today. ESN Conversation: Following Jesus in a Warming … [Read more...] about Spring 2023 ESN Conversations
ESN Conversations December 2022 to March 2023
We have an amazing lineup of ESN Conversations lined up through March and we wanted you to have the information so you could get them on your calendar and sign up. December 20, 2022, 1 pm ET: The Man Born to Be King. From December 1941 until October 1942, the BBC broadcast a series of radio dramas written by Dorothy L. Sayers. In a new critical and annotated edition of "The Man Born to Be King," scholar Kathryn Wehr brings fresh insights to the plays, their background, Sayers's creative process, and the ongoing … [Read more...] about ESN Conversations December 2022 to March 2023