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Is Your Academic Work Governed by the Law of Love?

October 23, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson 1 Comment

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Last month, I had dinner with Tom and the rest of the  Faculty Ministry Leadership Team in Columbus, Ohio. At Graeter's (the best ice cream in the world!), they surprised with several gifts to thank me for my time as Associate Director of ESN. Among these were several books, including Alan Jacobs' A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love. Jacobs, an English professor at Wheaton College and author of some very good books, raises an interesting question in  A Theology of Reading. Jesus, among many others, … [Read more...] about Is Your Academic Work Governed by the Law of Love?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: alan jacobs, literary theory, Love, theology of reading

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