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Is there a Christian intellectual presence on your campus?

July 14, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

And, if your campus has a public Christian intellectual presence, what does it look like?

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: academic culture, culture-making, john sommerville, john stott, public intellectuals, universities, Your Mind Matters

Can New Symbols Change Academic Culture?

July 7, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 2 Comments

Two weeks ago, I was at InterVarsity’s Cedar Campus for our 2009 Midwest Faculty Conference. John Sommerville, professor emeritus of history at U. Florida and author of The Decline of the Secular University, was the featured speaker. He spoke about the influence of secularism on the ideas and structures of the university (as he has previously […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The University Tagged With: andy crouch, culture, culture-making, human, john sommerville, symbols, universities

Week in Review – Summer Reflections on Education, the Outdoors, and the Mind

June 12, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

This week’s Week in Review includes possible ways to address the shortfall of America’s schools, to keep pace with textbook technology, to enjoy the outdoors through reading, and more!  If you’d like to contribute to next week’s Review, add your link(s) in the comments, or send them to Tom or Mike directly. From Tom Five […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: America's schools, john sommerville, kindle, Outdoor, secularization, Summer reading, technology, Textbooks

Book Review: The Decline of the Secular University

May 26, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

C. John Sommerville is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Florida. In 2006, Oxford University Press published a little book of his called The Decline of the Secular University, a selection from which was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. He will also be the featured speaker at this summer’s Midwest Faculty […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, The University Tagged With: books, john sommerville, secularism, universities

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