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”
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Interview: Marc Baer on “Mere Believers”
William Wilberforce defined Christian as “a pilgrim travelling on business through a strange country.” -- Marc Baer Through his presence at and presentations for a number of InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministry gatherings, it has been my privilege to get to know Marc Baer, Professor and Chair of the Department of History, Hope College (Holland, MI). As such, it was with great enthusiasm I took up the opportunity to read his Mere Believers: How Eight Faithful Lives Changed the Course of History … [Read more...] about Interview: Marc Baer on “Mere Believers”
Emerging Culture – God’s Work in History
Earlier this week in Engaging Society, I shared some of the vision for the Emerging Scholars Network Blog in 2014. To take this another step, below is an exploration of God's sovereign work through historical eras and the call that is before us. I encourage you to watch, share, and discuss Emerging Culture - God's Work in History (10 min, 5 sec). Emerging Culture - God's Work in History from InterVarsity twentyonehundred … [Read more...] about Emerging Culture – God’s Work in History
Book Review: Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (2)
Working in university ministry with grad students, I am often asked the question of just how this thing of integration of faith and learning is supposed to work. Mark Noll's Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (Eerdmans, 2011) is a landmark answer to this question. In one sense, his answer is the very simple, Sunday school answer -- Jesus. Yet behind this simple answer is some very profound theological thinking. Noll not only sees the life of the mind encouraged through our union with Christ, which unites all things … [Read more...] about Book Review: Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (2)
The First Thanksgiving: What Makes Good History?
The dead are not dead insofar as we are bound together in the communion of saints, living and dead, and therefore our conversation cannot be limited to those who now live. Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon[1] Robert Tracy McKenzie[2] begins Chapter 1 of The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History (InterVarsity Press, 2013) with a sampling of the classroom answers he receives to the question, "What makes a good history book?" As I continue to read … [Read more...] about The First Thanksgiving: What Makes Good History?