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Listening to our colleagues: Muslim, secular, Christian. Interview with David Vishanoff

April 24, 2015 by Oliver Marjot No Comments

Too often we are so immersed in the tacit standards of our own discipline that we don’t stand back and try to reimagine them in radically Christian ways. Not jettison them and start over, but just notice how our standards and expectations embody and reinforce our sinful nature, and imagine how those particular sinful patterns and blind spots might be redeemed, right here in the specific department or conference or library where we find ourselves. It’s exhilarating, really, if we let our imaginations run wild a bit.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: christian scholarship, faculty interview, Faithful is Successful, interviews, Islam, listening, religious studies

Sacrificial Listening (Scholar’s Compass)

April 21, 2015 by Oliver Marjot No Comments

David Vishanoff’s paper is a fascinating challenge to both Christian and secular academics to rethink the attitudes we have towards studying other cultures and worldviews. His model of ‘sacrificial listening’ has arisen from his study of Islam – as well as other world religions – and essentially consists in pursuing relationship rather than objectivity as an epistemological value.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Faithful is Successful, listening, religious studies, Scholar's Compass

Becoming a Thoughtful Christian in the Secular Academy: Part II

June 27, 2013 by John Hundley No Comments

Last week I wrote about my journey as a developing follower of Jesus in a secular university.  I told you that I’d become a stronger Christian during my time in the academic world, and now I want to tell you a little bit about what happened in my mind and heart during that time. This […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: beauty, design, faith, follower of Jesus, montana, n. t. wright, religious studies, resurrection, secular university, theology, trust in God

Becoming a Thoughtful Christian in the Secular Academy

June 20, 2013 by John Hundley 6 Comments

One month ago yesterday I walked the stage to pick up a diploma in Religious Studies at a secular institution. And I’m a stronger Christian than ever. In the Religious Studies department at the University of Montana I learned how to study history with careful eyes, how to debate subtle philosophy with gentleness and confidence, […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: atheism, christianity, philosophy, professor, religious studies, The Beatles, the cross, The Reason for God, theology, Tim Keller, University of Montana

A Christian Reflection on The Oscars and Lent

February 28, 2013 by John Hundley 2 Comments

On Sunday night more than 1,000,000,000 people participated in the cultural festival that is the 85th Oscar Awards Ceremony.  I can’t even begin to imagine the impact that Hollywood has on our culture’s development, and if there’s an opportune time to catch a glimpse of the dialectical conversation between the influence of the big screen […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Christopher Waltz, dialectical conversation, festival, Hollywood, James Bond, lectionary, lent, Life of Pi, Oscars, religious studies, rite of passage, ritual, story, storytelling

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