The first selection in my summer research project: James S. Bielo's Words Upon the Word: An Ethnography of Evangelical Group Bible Study. This summer, inspired by T.M. Luhrmann's When God Talks Back, I am reviewing several books that provide an academic perspective on North American evangelicals. My goal is to see evangelicals through the eyes of professional academics who have made a point of studying them with academic rigor. Unfortunately, the most commonly heard "academic" opinions about evangelicals are also the … [Read more...] about Bielo: Bible study as a social institution
Evangelicalism
Can Intellectuals Also Be Activists? (John Stott Remembered)
Last week, John Stott went to be with the Lord. As an author, theologian, and working pastor, few people have had as large an influence on evangelical Christianity around the world over the past 100 years. Fittingly, his death came during the IFES World Assembly, a global gathering of evangelical university ministries, symbolic of Rev. Stott's lifelong passions for the Gospel, the university, and global Christianity. FYI: I've listed a collection of obituaries and remembrances of John Stott's life at the bottom of … [Read more...] about Can Intellectuals Also Be Activists? (John Stott Remembered)
Week in Review: Sleeping Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Ever struggle with The Morality of Sleep (The Chronicle of Higher Education. 8/11/2010)? Hope this research helps encourage the driven (including myself) to remember to take a day of rest, develop margin, and step into helpful … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Sleeping Edition
Week in Review: Future of Evangelicals Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. The Future of Evangelicals in Academia. Who else to address this question than Mark Noll, historian and author of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Lots of good material in this interview, including some of his impressions of James … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Future of Evangelicals Edition
Week in Review: No Christianity Please Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. No Christianity Please, We're Academics: In Inside Higher Ed, Wheaton professor Timothy Larsen calls for universities and faculty to confront bias against Christians in higher education. Though there are some studies to back up his claims, he … [Read more...] about Week in Review: No Christianity Please Edition