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Book Review: 16 Strivings for God

December 15, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

Summary: A new psychology of religious experience that argues that religions enjoy such a wide embrace because they offer repeated opportunities to satisfy sixteen basic motivations or “strivings” common to all human beings.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: desire, psychology of religion, pyschology, religion, religious experience, Steven Reiss, The Reiss Motivation Profile®

Book Review: God and Race in American Politics, by Mark A. Noll

June 9, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

Summary: This text explores the interwoven story of religion, race, and politics in American history, with a concluding theological reflection.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, civil rights, evangelical voter, evangelicals, history, jim crow, justice, mark noll, Political Science, politics, race, religion, voter

Book Review: The Good of Politics

August 7, 2015 by Bob Trube No Comments

In our current toxic political climate one might ask the question, “can anything good come of politics?” James W. Skillen would answer that affirmatively.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, church and state, James W Skillen, Kingdom of God, politics, religion, The Good of Politics

Interruption Is Calling (Scholar’s Compass)

May 12, 2015 by Bronwyn Isaacs No Comments

If we wish to be set free from this false significance, to take a new perspective on our career and the use of our time, Laura S. Meitzner Yoder’s thoughtful chapter “Interruptions are not distractions” provides us with a deeply beautiful corrective.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: calling, Faithful is Successful, interruption, life, religion, Scholar's Compass

Book Review: Big Questions, Worthy Dreams

August 12, 2014 by Bob Trube No Comments

Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Emerging Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith Sharon D. Parks My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of the books that higher ed professionals have mentioned to me over and over again with regard to the interest in “spirituality” among college students. So, when a […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Book Review, emerging adulthood, faith development, higher education, Mentoring, religion, Sharon D. Parks, spirituality

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