There's a very interesting article today at the Chronicle of Higher Education, How to Be Happy in Academe ($) by Gregory Pence, professor of philosophy at Alabama-Birmingham. He's writing about how career expectations can become defeaters, leading you to feel depressed about perfectly fine academic work. He shares his own tangled path from New York City to Birmingham, and how much more rewarding his "Plan B" has become than he ever expected. Compare Pence's article to two recent articles published on InterVarsity … [Read more...] about Happiness in Academe
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Human Flourishing in the Church and the World
As part of my work at Following Christ 2008, I had the privilege of assisting the Humanities track, chaired by Michael Murray and Dora Rice Hawthorne, and joined by Mark Noll of Notre Dame, Hal Bush of St. Louis U., and Paul Moser of Loyola U. Chicago. The final session of the track addressed the question "How Can We Be Agents of Human Flourishing in the Church and the World?" Michael Murray identified three threats to Christian scholars that hinder their role to the church and the world: specialization, fear of … [Read more...] about Human Flourishing in the Church and the World