One major need we have found in our work with ESN: it's often hard to find prayers and devotional material specifically addressed to the life of the Christian serving God in the university. This week we share a prayer for those studying the social sciences by PhD student Jessica Price. Do you want to write a prayer for a specific field area? Submit here to be considered for publication in our upcoming Winter/Spring 2020 series of prayers for those in various academic fields. God, today we offer up the students of … [Read more...] about A Prayer for Those Studying the Social Sciences
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Social Sciences at ESN This Fall: What Are You Looking For?
Dear ESN blog readers, This summer, we thought we'd try an experiment and invite readers to tell us what they'd like to see at the blog in various areas. Today, we'd love to hear your thoughts on our fall social sciences coverage. Here are a few things we're considering for the fall: Social Sciences-oriented reflections at least once a month in our Scholar's Compass devotional for academics Interviews with ESN members in the Social Sciences about once a month More Social Sciences-oriented book … [Read more...] about Social Sciences at ESN This Fall: What Are You Looking For?
Reflection: Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places
"When we expand 'neighbor' to 'neighborhoods' and when we move from merely being nice to our next-door neighbor to thinking about creating better neighborhoods, we find that being a good neighbor is harder than we thought." - Mark. T. Mulder[1], Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places (16). … [Read more...] about Reflection: Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places
Interview with 2017 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant Awardee Eleanor McGlinchey
Dr. Eleanor McGlinchey is one of the two scholars who received a 2017 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant, given to ESN members who are junior faculty. In this interview, she talks about her research, how the CSF grant is supporting her work, and how her faith and her scholarly vocation fit together. Stay tuned for an interview with the other awardee soon. Click here to learn more about the 2018 CSF Grant and apply by March 15, 2018. … [Read more...] about Interview with 2017 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant Awardee Eleanor McGlinchey
Science Corner: Readers Who Read this Post also Read…
I had intended to take a break from topics with obvious political overtones, but as a periodic browser of online bookstores and their linked purchase data, I couldn't pass up this study of related book purchases and what they reveal about how our politics and our science mingle. The researchers started with two political books with clear party affinity and followed the "Customers who bought this title also bought" links from those two books to all associated titles, and from those titles to their associated titles and … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Readers Who Read this Post also Read…