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Time to discuss faith, psychology and neuroscience?

September 6, 2013 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Preface Robert Boyle, illustrious scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, described how, while in Geneva on a continental holiday, he underwent a conversion from nominal, unthinking Christianity to committed Christianity. As a result of his experiences, he stressed the need for Christians to have what he called an "examined faith." [1] John Stott, discussing Paul's letter to the Christians in Philippi, drew attention to the importance for all Christians to heed the apostle's exhortation to "contend for the faith … [Read more...] about Time to discuss faith, psychology and neuroscience?

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, Mentoring Tagged With: brain, christianity, evangelicals, faith, God, gods, Heart, intervarsity press, john stott, Malcolm Jeeves, mark noll, Mentoring, mind, Minds Brains Souls and Gods, neuroscience, neurotheology, psychology, Robert Boyle, soul

Omri Elisha: The Frustrations of Socially Engaged Evangelicals

February 19, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson 21 Comments

I'm reading and blogging about Omri Elisha's Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches, an ethnography of two evangelical megachurches in Knoxville, Tennessee. See my introduction to the series and my follow-up post about Bible Belt Christianity. In Chapter 4 of Moral Ambition, anthropologist Omri Elisha profiles four evangelical leaders who personify the activist orientation of evangelical social engagement, and embody the virtues, struggles, and moral ambitions that go along … [Read more...] about Omri Elisha: The Frustrations of Socially Engaged Evangelicals

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Moral Ambition Tagged With: evangelicals, omri elisha, social engagement

Evangelicals and Suffering (When God Talks Back)

October 2, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 3 Comments

When God Talks Back book cover

Last week, in my discussion of what evangelicals can learn about themselves from T.M. Luhrmann's  When God Talks Back, I mentioned our approach to suffering. Originally, I wasn't going to write another post on the book, but I wanted to come back to this important topic. Luhrmann discusses suffering in a chapter titled, "Darkness," along with the related issue of feeling distant from God. Early in the chapter, Luhrmann describes the Vineyard's approach in this way: Churches like the Vineyard handle the problem of … [Read more...] about Evangelicals and Suffering (When God Talks Back)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, When God Talks Back Tagged With: anthropology, evangelicals, grief, Prayer, Psalms, Suffering, t.m. luhrmann, When God Talks Back

Talking Amongst Ourselves (When God Talks Back)

September 25, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

When God Talks Back book cover

Last week, I shared a few lessons on talking with non-evangelicals that I had taken away from T.M. Luhrmann's When God Talks Back. This week, I'm going in the opposite direction. What are some things that evangelicals need to do better? Accept our creatureliness.  When describing Luhrmann's work to evangelical friends, one of the main questions is, "Doesn't this explain God away?" That is, if our ability to pray and to hear from God in prayer is related to certain psychological traits, then doesn't that mean that God … [Read more...] about Talking Amongst Ourselves (When God Talks Back)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, When God Talks Back Tagged With: anthropology, evangelicals, Prayer, t.m. luhrmann, When God Talks Back

When God Talks Back by T.M. Luhrmann

September 4, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 3 Comments

When God Talks Back book cover

For the past several weeks, I've been reading T.M. Luhrmann's  When God Talks Back:  Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God.  The book addresses a simple, but profound, question from the perspective of a nonbeliever: how can seemingly rational, otherwise normal people claim to discern God's will, to hear God's voice, and, sometimes, to even see or feel spiritual beings? Luhrmann asks this with genuine curiosity, both personal and professional. A psychological anthropologist who has written previous … [Read more...] about When God Talks Back by T.M. Luhrmann

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, When God Talks Back Tagged With: academia, anthropology, Augustine, evangelicals, Prayer, research, t.m. luhrmann, Vineyard, When God Talks Back

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