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How Did You Do It? Faith and My Dissertation

July 16, 2017 by David Winyard 10 Comments

Last fall, I defended my Ph.D. dissertation, and in May I attended my graduation at Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus. My studies were challenging, especially since I was changing my discipline, from engineering to Science and Technology Studies (STS), which is built around a core of history, sociology, and philosophy.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Science and Faith Tagged With: Christian Theology, dissertation, Engineering, Faculty, grad schoool, graduate school, science and faith, secularism, technology, transitions

Book Response: Christ and Culture Revisited, by D. A. Carson

March 22, 2016 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

D.A. Carson summarizes and critiques H. Richard Niebuhr’s typology in an excellent manner. By doing such he sets up the importance of biblical theology as the lens for the Evangelical culture engagement.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: biblical theology, Book Review, christ and culture, Christ and Culture Revisited, culture, d. a. carson, Evangelicalism, H. Richard Niebuhr, ministry to emerging generations, ministry to emerging generations series, secularism

Takeaways from “Is Reality Secular?”

September 1, 2014 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Mary Poplin responds to the question, “What do you desire to be the top takeaways for readers of Is Reality Secular?”

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Filed Under: Author, Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Interview, Is Reality Secular Tagged With: christian scholarship, christianity, faculty interview, interviews, Is Reality Secular?, Judeo-Christianity, Mary Poplin, secularism, worldview

The Future of ESN

May 28, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson 2 Comments

This is my final post on the Emerging Scholars Blog. Well, my final planned post, anyway. Tom insisted that I leave the door open for guest posts in the future, but I won’t be writing here every Tuesday as I have for the past few years. For my final post, Tom asked me to offer some […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: discipleship of the mind, emerging scholars, Faculty, graduate school, integration, knowledge, professor, secularism, tenure

Religion, Education, and the Meaning of Life

May 31, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 1 Comment

Book cover for Education's End

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing my reflections on Anthony Kronman’s 2007 book Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life. While I believe that his core argument is insightful, it’s marred by a few blind spots. Originally, I was going to address Kronman’s treatement […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: anthony kronman, books, dante, education's end, humanities, Pluralism, religion, secular humanism, secularism, t s eliot

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