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Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell (2)

December 2, 2013 by Michael J. Stell, MATS Leave a Comment

Part Two – Being a Graduate Student When I entered grad school, I entered with a sense of purpose that was in my mind akin to the idea that the Puritans had of vocation or calling. Attending a Catholic university, I realize that many use the word vocation in strictly religious ways, but the Puritans viewed all of life as religious, and so all of life should be understood as vocation. I had been involved in the vocation of teaching, but not at the place where I felt I was fulfilling my true calling. I was going to … [Read more...] about Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell (2)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Transitions Tagged With: academic vocations, commuter student, family, father, graduate school, mark noll, married student, Mentoring, mentors, phd, returning student, Returning to Graduate School, Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell, Seminary, student, student government, theologian, theology, time management, university, vocation

Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar (Wrap Up)

August 22, 2013 by David Williams 12 Comments

Following his move to The Big Apple to serve with InterVasity's Graduate & Faculty Ministry at NYU this fall, David is back to wrap up his series on  Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar. For earlier posts in the series click here and here. Take it away David! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of  ESN, editor of ESN's  blog  and  Facebook Wall ----------- 4.   We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.   In his lucid (though acerbic) book, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its … [Read more...] about Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar (Wrap Up)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: biblical studies, Evangelicalism, exile, faith and scholarship, mind, modernism, Scripture, theology, Westminster Seminary

The Jamaica Call to Action (Part 2): Ten ‘Calls’

August 6, 2013 by Ed Brown 8 Comments

The Jamaica Call to Action is unique not only in the two concise convictions on which the document is based (see the previous post), but also because of the comprehensive and specific ‘Calls' that make up the core of the document. These cover everything from lifestyle to theology to economics to agriculture. Here is a brief analysis of these calls and the fields of study to which they apply: For all of us: #1. A new commitment to a simple lifestyle.  Lausanne actually called for a simple lifestyle in one of … [Read more...] about The Jamaica Call to Action (Part 2): Ten ‘Calls’

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Creation Care Tagged With: Care of Creation, climate change, creation care, economics, farmers, Jamaica Call to Action, Lausanne Movement for World Evangelization, leadership missions, simple lifestyle, sustainability, theology

Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar (2/2)

July 25, 2013 by David Williams 34 Comments

Last week I began to introduce myself and my understanding of the Christian scholar's vocation by briefly outlining the controversy which marked my time as a student at Westminster Theological Seminary.   (You can read last week's post here.)   This week I would like to share what I think were some of things I learned about the challenge of Christian scholarship from my time at Westminster.   I should make it clear that my interest is not specifically in the challenge of doing serious scholarship within a confessional … [Read more...] about Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar (2/2)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: biblical studies, C. S. Lewis, Evangelicalism, faith and scholarship, fear, Mere Christianity, mind, paradigm shift, Scripture, theology, Thomas S. Kuhn

Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar: David Williams Intro (1/2)

July 18, 2013 by David Williams 16 Comments

What am I, a nice campus minister, doing on a blog like this? I am neither a scholar nor the son of a scholar. I occupy no endowed chairs. I will be presented with no festschriften upon my retirement. Why, then, have I been asked to be a regular contributor here on the Emerging Scholars Network Blog? The short answer is that I am doing what I can to help Christian scholars to integrate their faith with their scholarship. I am an InterVarsity Graduate & Faculty Ministries staff person serving the students and … [Read more...] about Why You Must Be Dying to be a Christian Scholar: David Williams Intro (1/2)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: apologetics, biblical studies, Enuma Elish, Evangelicalism, faith and scholarship, Genesis 1-11, historical-critical methods, Justification by Faith, Modernism-Fundamentalism, New Perspective on Paul, peter enns, Scripture, theology, Westminster Seminary

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