“Are we here as Christian faculty only to create ‘safe spaces’ for Christian students…”
faculty ministry
Book Review: Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science
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 […]
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