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Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence

December 29, 2011 by David H. Leonard 2 Comments

Excellence Book Cover

A Review of Andreas Köstenberger’s Excellence When posted, guest contributor and ESN member David Leonard had recently completed a Ph.D. in philosophy and was teaching a wide range of courses at several universities in the Twin Cities.  His project at the time involved developing a taxonomy of the intellectual virtues to be used in college-level philosophy courses. […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: alvin plantinga, andreas köstenberger, christian scholarship, discipleship of the mind, Excellence, george marsden, mark noll, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, virtue

How can Christian scholars avoid privatizing their faith?

April 5, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 2 Comments

George Marsden

Last week, I wrote about George Marsden‘s address to InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries staff, “The Soul of the American University Revisited.” Dr. Marsden suggested that worldview naturalism — also called ideological or metaphysical naturalism — was losing its hold on the academy. In contrast, methodological naturalism remained strong and, indeed, was an appropriate stance […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Abraham Kuyper, culture, faith, george marsden, My Heart — Christ's Home, naturalism, Pluralism, science and faith, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, The Soul of the American University

Is Naturalism Losing Steam?

March 29, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 8 Comments

George Marsden

Last week, Tom and I attended the national staff meetings for InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, which continued the theme of Campuses Renewed from our national staff conference in January. Our speakers could not have been better: historian George Marsden, the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, who wrote […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: atheism, christian scholarship, george marsden, naturalism, scholarship, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, The Soul of the American University

Outrageous Idea 6: Building Academic Communities

November 9, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 2 Comments

The final chapter in George Marsden’s The Outrageous Idea of Academic Communities Christian Scholarship [Oops! – Ed.] proposes that even the most impressive work of individual Christian scholars is not enough; Christian scholarship needs “a strong institutional base.” Scholars, like everyone else, depend on communities. If like-minded academics do not form their own sub-communities, then […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, ESN Book Club, Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Tagged With: christian scholarship, community, george marsden, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Discussion, virtue

Outrageous Idea 5: The Positive Contributions of Theological Context

November 4, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Are there positive contributions to be offered by a theological context? George Marsden responds with a hearty yes.  Why?  Because he believes (or should I say thinks, understands, or perceives): Scholars do not operate in a vacuum, but rather within the frameworks of their communities, traditions, commitments, and beliefs.  Their scholarship, even when specialized, develops […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, ESN Book Club, Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Tagged With: christian scholarship, george marsden, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Discussion, theology

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