One of our goals for the Emerging Scholars Network is to point you to helpful resources. There's an enormous amount of material out there about faith and learning, Christ and culture, spiritual formation, discipleship of the mind - even the list of topics goes on for too long! We've also negotiated discounts from a number of periodicals and publishers for ESN members, so that availing yourself of these resources isn't quite as expensive. (Note: several of these come from our partner organizations, but by partner … [Read more...] about Resources for the Coming Year: Subscriptions
Partners
Post Your CV, Win a $250 Scholarship
Update: I'm sorry to report that AcademicVocations.org has shut down. Too bad, because I think it was a great idea. In our most recent Emerging Scholars Review, we told you about a new website connecting faculty and administrators to campuses of faith, AcademicVocations.org. Yesterday, they began a new offer: a weekly drawing for a $250 scholarship to the academic conference of your choice (including Following Christ 2008). … [Read more...] about Post Your CV, Win a $250 Scholarship
The Future of University Education
ESN partner Mars Hill Audio has just released a new audiobook, The Passionate Intellect: Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education by Norman Klassen and Jens Zimmermann. Here's a quick description from MHA's website: Higher education long ago distanced itself from its originating Christocentric purposes. But today, the condition of Western universities is even more disordered. Institutions of higher education lack any common vision of what is true and what is good for human flourishing. The … [Read more...] about The Future of University Education
ESN Partner: Mars Hill Audio
Periodically, we'll feature one of ESN's partner organizations here on the blog. Mars Hill Audio is committed to assisting Christians who desire to move from thoughtless consumption of contemporary culture to a vantage point of thoughtful engagement. Mars Hill Audio primary resource is their bimonthly Journal, a ninety-minute audio program on CD or mp3, consisting of 10- to 15-minute interviews on a variety of topics. Click here for the contents of the current Journal. MHA also offers a free podcast, a series called … [Read more...] about ESN Partner: Mars Hill Audio