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Philosophy, Truth, and the Wisdom of Love

The love of wisdom needs the wisdom of love. Let me say what this means and why it matters. I begin with a poem by Miriam Pederson titled “Hold Your Horses.” Lasso truthlike a run-away steerand you will find its veinsrunning cold. Approach it like a loverwith a ribbon for her hairand truth, in time,will…
October 15, 2018
Extended Review

How Shall We Then Read the Bible?—An Extended Review

I believe the most important issue in twenty-first-century Christian liberal arts is “How shall we then read the Bible?” With rampant out-sourcing, on-lining, under-training, and down-sizing in General Education, along with myopic careerism in parents, administrators, and professors, fewer and fewer Christian colleges and universities show clear interest in teaching Bible-reading as a distinctive and…
October 15, 2018
Reviews

The Chance of Salvation: A History of Conversion in America

Religion has been a matter of inheritance for most of Western history since at least the end of antiquity. From infancy, individuals were claimed by the religion of their parents or community through baptism, circumcision, or some other rite. One might be more or less closely affiliated with the religion’s institutions, practices, and beliefs, but…
October 15, 2018
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New Languages and Landscapes of Higher Education

Institutions of higher education have changed many of the world’s economies and societies. Entire societies have been influenced by changes in the availability of higher education to people who once did not have access to it, and many social movements have had their beginnings on college or university campuses. Globalization of economies and cultures continues…
October 15, 2018
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Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology

Awaiting the King is the third installment in James K. A. Smith’s Cultural Liturgies series. In this book, as in the previous two, Smith impresses upon the reader the importance of liturgies, or rituals and practices, that form and shape us. Smith is clear in explaining how the liturgies of the church compete with the…
October 15, 2018
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The Evangelical Mind in the Digital Fields

It is hardly possible to examine comprehensively the state of the evangelical mind today without giving careful attention to the impact of digital media. The rise of digital mediaIn this article I will have in mind a broad definition of “digital media” as digitized content transmitted over the Internet and computer networks. This would include…
July 15, 2018