Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology Emeritus at Yale University, has been one of the leading voices in Christian philosophy for decades. In October 2009, he spoke at the Veritas Forum at the University of Tennessee, presenting a talk entitled "The Role of God in Social Justice" and in conversation with David Reidy on the question "Good Without God? The Problem of Justice and Human Rights". While he was there, Dr. Wolterstorff spoke to Christian graduate students, and he has graciously … [Read more...] about Nicholas Wolterstorff: Advice to Those Who Would Be Christian Scholars
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Free On-line Classes: Fantasy and Science Fiction?
http://youtu.be/wgNrVnjvjKo Yesterday, in From Silicon Valley, A New Approach To Education, NPR highlighted the free-online class offerings of Coursera. If the purpose of Coursera was solely "to bring more classes from elite universities to students around the world for free online," then an ESN Facebook wall recommendation to check-out Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World (and other offerings) would have been plenty. Why? In an idealistic way I agree with Daphne Koller (Stanford), "By … [Read more...] about Free On-line Classes: Fantasy and Science Fiction?