Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science by Edward Lurie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Louis Agassiz might well be considered the foremost naturalist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He brought a rigor to the scientific enterprise in America that inspired everyone from cabinet members to farmers. And he also reflects the human dilemma of […]
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Book Review: Education’s End
Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony T. Kronman (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 2007). My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Anthony Kronman had me by the time I got to the subtitle. I wanted to know, “why, indeed, have our colleges and universities given up on the […]
Book Review: The Humanities and Public Life
The Humanities and Public Life edited by Peter Brooks with Hilary Jewett (Bronx: Fordham University Press, 2014). My rating: 3 of 5 stars. There is no question but that the humanities are under fire. Budgets are being cut, sometimes whole departments. How then to justify the humanities within the university, without accepting “instrumentalization”, a term thrown around much […]
“Christian Faculty Mentoring Students” Resources
“Christian Faculty Mentoring Students” and “Beyond Academics: Kelly Arispe and Spanish Linguistics” are two of several excellent resources for Faculty Ministry
Pray for the Faculty Ministry Leadership Team Mtgs
Yesterday InterVarsity’s Faculty Ministry Leadership Team began several days of meetings (Tampa, FL) seeking discernment for next steps in ministry. Pray for us as we engage in prayerful consideration of The State of Faculty Ministry, particularly with respect to our mission, vision, and basic values statement. Key texts from the Word of God guiding our […]