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Should we “Send Huck Finn to College”?

January 20, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

[poll id="15"] I grew up not only reading edited "classics" such as the Great American Novel, i.e., The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Tom Sawyer's Comrade (1885), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), but also watching TV/Movie versions of these books.   But what do they teach?   How are they received across our wider society?   What do followers of Christ bring which is unique to this conversation? Note: Before making any comments, please read Send Huck Finn to College (Lorrie Moore. NY Times Op-Ed. … [Read more...] about Should we “Send Huck Finn to College”?

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, education, english, race, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Some recent gems from the other ESN website

July 26, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

If you're not receiving the quarterly Emerging Scholars Review, you should be —join ESN as a member or update your membership to receive quarterly emails with the newest articles from ESN's main website. Here's what you might have missed: Reflecting on Psalm 90:  Two of my favorite colleages —Graduate & Faculty Ministries National Director Bobby Gross and my partner in online materials Tom Trevethan —joined forces to offer a couple of great resources on Psalm 90. Bobby has written a personal liturgy for Psalm 90 … [Read more...] about Some recent gems from the other ESN website

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: bible, bible studies, call for papers, graduate students, Psalms, race

Week in Review

May 22, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

From Tom 'Angels & Demons' May Help Physicists Explain What Matters.   Question:   Do you agree with Mr. Izen?   “Life presents just a couple of these opportunities when the public is paying attention, really paying attention to science, and in this case it's a movie which talks about antimatter and is set at CERN,” Mr. Izen says. The film is “a chance to tell our story.”   A Marriage Made in History, a  review of  Eugene D. Genovese's Miss Betsey: A Memoir of Marriage (ISI Books) for the Chronicle of Higher … [Read more...] about Week in Review

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: jobs, race, star trek, syracuse, tenure, town and gown

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