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A Nation of Immigrants. Part 5 of Welcoming the Stranger Series

August 27, 2018 by Royce Francis 2 Comments

Your thoughts, emotions, and responsible actions will not be simple, because you do not face simplicity. We face complexity. And God is asking you to exercise discernment as you follow him into responsible action as we face this moment in our nation.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Baltimore Running Festival half marathon, citizenship, dietrich bonhoeffer, history, Immigration, immigration policy, immigration reform, intervarsity press, justice, Letters and papers from prison, racism, undocumented persons, Welcoming the Stranger, Welcoming the Stranger Series

Teaching As Relationship (Teaching Tips)

May 26, 2017 by Joshua Shiver No Comments

Last summer I was given the opportunity to teach my first college-level class: a senior-level lecture course on the history of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. I frankly wasn’t that nervous and I went into the course thinking that my job consisted of a simple two-step process where I simply downloaded information into my students’ brains and then challenged them to think critically about the past and its connection to the present.

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Filed Under: Humanities, Life in the Academy, Resources for ESN Members, The University Tagged With: history, humanities, teaching, Teaching Tips, Teaching Tips Series Spring 2017

Summer Snapshot: A Historian in Graduate School

June 20, 2016 by Joshua Shiver No Comments

Going into the Summer of 2016, I expected to be working my regular low-pressure desk job back home. Instead, God had other plans.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Vocational Snapshot Tagged With: calling, history, Summer Snapshot, teaching

Book Review: God and Race in American Politics, by Mark A. Noll

June 9, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

Summary: This text explores the interwoven story of religion, race, and politics in American history, with a concluding theological reflection.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, civil rights, evangelical voter, evangelicals, history, jim crow, justice, mark noll, Political Science, politics, race, religion, voter

Book Review: A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

May 13, 2016 by Bob Trube 3 Comments

Summary: This is a survey and critique of the major philosophers and theologians of the West beginning with the Greek philosophers and early church fathers up to the present day, written from a reformed perspective.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Book Review, Cornelius van Til, culture, Esther Lightcap Meek, history, John M. Frame, philosophy, presuppositionalism, Reformed Theology

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