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Pluralism

Outrageous Idea 3: Rules of the Game

October 21, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

Can followers of Christ play by the rules of the academic game and still follow Christ faithfully? According to Stanley Fish (Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago) the answer is "No."   Marsden summarizes Why We Can't All Just Get Along (Stanley Fish, First Things, February 1996): "Though secular himself, Fish cites the authority of … [Read more...] about Outrageous Idea 3: Rules of the Game

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, ESN Book Club, Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Tagged With: academic culture, george marsden, Pluralism, public intellectuals, religious convictions, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Discussion

Is God Relevant in the Public Square?

June 11, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV 5 Comments

A special thank-you to the Emerging Scholar from Johns Hopkins University who passed along notes from Is God Relevant in the Public Square? Living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism -- Os Guinness (March 26, Veritas Forum).*   Anyone have testimonies regarding or reflections upon the creation, cultivation, encouragement, and/or maintenance of a “Civil” Public Square on their campus, in their discipline? ------------------- Os Guinness, an author and social critic, began by asking us to take … [Read more...] about Is God Relevant in the Public Square?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: Civility, New Atheists, Os Guinness, Pluralism, Public Square, Veritas Forum

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