This summer, I posted a link to the Acton Institute's Calihan Fellowship on the ESN Facebook Page without really thinking much besides, "Oh, here's some grant money for someone out there." I never expected that it would lead to the most vigorous conversation to date on our Facebook Page, ranging from disagreements about the Acton Institute in particular to broader issues of politics, academia, and theology. This certainly caught my attention, since ESN, in general, doesn't host all that many internal controversies. … [Read more...] about Q&A with Acton Institute’s Jordan Ballor (and a Free Subscription)
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How are you voting?
Today is Election Day in the United States. How are you voting? I don't mean for which candidate or party are you voting, but how are you voting? Enthusiastically? Reluctantly? Cynically? During this election season, I have been reading (very slowly) through the book of Jeremiah —not because of an intentional connection to politics, but because our Faculty Ministry team has been took a close look at Jeremiah 29 over the summer, particularly God's word to Judah as the Babylonians were about to take the nation into … [Read more...] about How are you voting?
Coming Soon from InterVarsity Press: Constantine, Science, Business, and More
We're introducing a new occasional contributor and feature on the Emerging Scholars Blog today. Nick Liao, Academic Sales and Marketing Manager for InterVarsity Press, will join us periodically to spotlight new titles from IVP that may be of interest to emerging scholars. If you like this, you may also be interested in a new bibliography, Campus Resources from IVP, that Nick, Tom, and I created to draw attention to IVP titles related to concerns of graduate students and faculty. I also recommend signing up for IVP … [Read more...] about Coming Soon from InterVarsity Press: Constantine, Science, Business, and More
What’s Your Strategy for Controversy?
Almost two weeks ago, Comment published my article Is That Disagreement Religious—or Political?, about the political differences between evangelical academics and their academic colleagues. Here's my opening paragraph: In the political conflicts between right and left, evangelical Christian faculty are often in danger of being squeezed in the middle. Not only are they frequently out of step with the academic political mainstream, but the strong connection between evangelicalism and conservative politics outside the … [Read more...] about What’s Your Strategy for Controversy?
Week in Review: Where the Jobs Are Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. "Where are the jobs" is a hot topic on campus and has a lot of relationship to politics. Here's a sampler from Tom: 1. From Where the Jobs Are (and Aren't) [in Poli-Sci] (Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Education. 9/3/2010): During the … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Where the Jobs Are Edition