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“I am Inclined to Look at Everything as Resulting from Designed Laws”: Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species as a Specimen of Natural Theology

In the description of Darwin’s life and work, a common assumption is that he gradually lost all belief in God, eventually becoming an atheist. In this article we demonstrate that, while Darwin became more and more sceptical of some aspects of traditional Christian beliefs, he nevertheless saw himself as standing in the natural theology tradition,…
November 12, 2020
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The Error of Truth: How History Came Together to Form Our Character and Shape Our Worldview

Reviewed by Jeremy Scott Case, Mathematics, Taylor University The study of worldviews has been a mainstay of Christian educational institutions, and a worldview cast as quantification deserves attention in today’s age of data-driven decision making, quantitative science, technology, and statistical rhetoric. Steven J. Osterlind’s book The Error of Truth argues our epistemology has moved toward quantitative thinking.…
November 12, 2020
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How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church

Reviewed by Tim Muehlhoff, Professor of Communication, Biola University C. Christopher Smith, senior pastor of Englewood Christian Church (Indianapolis, IN), describes early attempts to bring diverse people in his church together to talk as a “hot mess.” Yelling and sarcasm were default modes as members gathered Sunday nights to discuss potentially volatile issues. Out of…
November 12, 2020
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Shall All Be Saved? David Bentley Hart’s Vision of Universal Reconciliation—An Extended Review

Benjamin B. DeVan teaches at Palm Beach Atlantic University. In the episode “Honor” for AMC’s series The Walking Dead, teenage protagonist Carl Grimes suffers a fatal wound.“Honor,” The Walking Dead, Season 8, Episode 9, AMC, February 25, 2018. His family tries to make him comfortable and listen to his last words. Carl recounts a vision beneath a shattered stained glass window…
November 12, 2020
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Shaping Prophetic Voices for the Public Sphere

“Shaping Prophetic Voices for the Public Sphere” discusses the role of the church in the formation of the Christian intellectual’s concern for the common good. It draws on examples from Scripture and formulates the biblical mandate and theological rationale that undergird the need for Christian intellectuals to live out their call in community and for…
July 15, 2020
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Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity

Reviewed by Nicole Saint-Victor, Director of Multicultural Engagement, Trinity Christian College To the brown body, fear is gifted like a birthright, poured generationally onward, originating from the stench of the transatlantic. The non-white body composes reformulated versions of “I’ll Fly Away,” joining Albert E. Brumley’s (1929) stuttered tribal emblems we long to reach the by…
July 15, 2020
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Seeking the Common Good by Educating for Wisdom

It is a noble aspiration that Christian scholars contribute in more constructive ways to discussions in the public arena about the common good. Careful thinking, however, needs to be done about where and how such voices will be cultivated. The university has an essential and indeed imperative role in such formation, but it will need…
July 15, 2020