Over the past several years via the Emerging Scholars Network I've gotten to know David L. O'Hara, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Augustana College, South Dakota). I particularly appreciate the refreshing manner in which he addresses material on his blog Slowly Percolating Forms. After the release of his new Wipf and Stock publication, Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly-Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia (co-authored with Matthew Dickerson, Ph.D., Computer Science Professor, … [Read more...] about “Downstream” Author Interview
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Snapshots of Four Global Worldviews (Mary Poplin)
Note: In the first post of the Is Reality Secular? series, Mary Poplin shared what led her to write her new InterVarsity Press publication. Tom: I have found Is Reality Secular? truly serving as a "resource for living in and actively influencing our culture without being overtaken by it." Thank-you Mary. To assist the Emerging Scholar who has not yet had the opportunity to read and discuss your new publication, please give a brief snapshot of the four global worldviews with which you … [Read more...] about Snapshots of Four Global Worldviews (Mary Poplin)
Mary Poplin on “Is Reality Secular?”
Mary Simpson Poplin, PhD, Professor of Education, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University, has been (and continues to be) a significant encouragement to and ministry partner with the Emerging Scholars Network. Even before receiving a copy of Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews (InterVarsity Press, 2014), I knew that it was important to highlight Is Reality Secular? on the blog (See three early posts: 1, 2, 3). Over the course of the past several months, I … [Read more...] about Mary Poplin on “Is Reality Secular?”
Academic rigor springing from faith
http://vimeo.com/17784162 Faculty Stories - Austin Busch offers a taste of academic rigor springing from the faith of and being shared by an Associate Professor of Early World Literature at SUNY Brockport, even when looking at the Bible. To God be the glory! … [Read more...] about Academic rigor springing from faith
Time to “Uncover”
http://vimeo.com/22363437 InterVarsity Alum: Dr. Lendol Calder on "Uncoverage" is an apt video for us as we begin a new term, asking ourselves how we dialog (dare I even say provide a framework for studies in a particular discipline) and learn from (or even teach as) "the experts". Yes, I think this perspective is applicable beyond the field of history :) Stay tuned . . . … [Read more...] about Time to “Uncover”