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Response to Christ-Centered Presidency: The Threefold Office of Christ as a Theological Paradigm for Leading a Christian College

I first heard a version of this paper delivered by President Ryken at the 2016 annual meeting of the Council for Christian College and University presidents. I must confess that my initial reaction was lukewarm at best. It seemed presumptuous and even self-serving that we would compare our roles as presidents to the sacred Biblical…
Shirley A. Mullen
January 15, 2018
Book Review

Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science

The 2005 publication of a comparison of the chimpanzee genome and the human genome revealed overwhelming evidence of common ancestry for human beings and other primates. For Christians trained in genetics and genomics, it also provided the most substantial challenge to date to the historicity of Adam. Until that time, many believers who study science…
Clayton D. Carlson
January 15, 2018
Book Review

Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition: A Systematic Introduction

The tradition and legacy of Dutch theologian, politician, and journalist (and more) Abraham Kuyper and his theologian colleague Herman Bavinck have been often regarded as the special or narrow object of interest of those associated with denominations and institutions with roots in the Netherlands. Craig G. Bartholomew has written Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition with…
Vincent Bacote
January 15, 2018
Book Review

Critical Theology: Introducing an Agenda for an Age of Global Crisis

“Political theology” signifies two types of inquiry, concerning either the political implications of theological thought or the theological presuppositions of political theory. Recent surveys of the subdiscipline have tended to adopt the former approach. For instance, An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology (William B. Eerdmans, 2011), edited by William T. Cavanaugh, Jeffrey W. Bailey,…
Andrew Van’t Land
January 15, 2018
Review and Response

A Response to Ben DeVan

Ironically, for many Christians, the IVP “Behaving Badly” trilogy focuses on what is essentially their “trinity”: God, Jesus, and Paul. As much as I love Paul, I would never put him on the same level as the God of the Old Testament (YHWH), or the God of the New (Jesus). But perhaps the fact that…
David T. Lamb
January 15, 2018
Extended Review

A Response to Rick Kennedy

Rick Kennedy does me a great honor by reviewing not only my most recent book, but also, in a minor key, two prior ones and labeling them together a “trilogy.” Neither fame nor fortune have followed in my case, but I am pleased to be found, in Kennedy’s judgment, of writing a “thriller ... intellectual…
Thomas Albert Howard
January 15, 2018
Extended Review

The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom — An Extended Review

William C. Ringenberg’s The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom: Truth-Seeking in Community is a helpful read for academics and academic administrators, whether employed at faith-based or secular institutions. The author maps out tensions that arise around academic and religious freedom and, using case studies and historical insights, brings clarity and balance to…
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham
January 15, 2018