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Formation of the Mind and Heart in Christian Universities

Mitchell J. Neubert is a Professor of Management and the Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. I applaud Wong, Baker, and Franz for drawing attention to the need for business professors in Christian colleges and universities to examine their approach to educating students. It also is…
October 15, 2015
Reviews

Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness

Reviewed by Gregory S. MaGee, Biblical Studies, Taylor University Richard Hays, Dean of Duke Divinity School, has a long track record of thinking creatively about the Apostle Paul’s appropriation of the Old Testament in his writings. In his latest book, Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness, Hays explores similar tendencies among the…
October 15, 2015
Extended Review

Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World—An Extended Review

Matthew DeLong is Professor of Mathematics at Taylor University. The transition to modernity was shaped by changes in science, politics, religion, economics, and culture. Such changes were contested, and from them emerged a new way of perceiving the world. As the subtitle to Infinitesimal suggests, Amir Alexander makes the startling assertion that ground zero of…
October 15, 2015
Reviews

The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose

Reviewed By Henry Hyunsuk Kim, Sociology and Anthropology, Wheaton College Most people regardless of their religious affiliations are familiar with aphorisms such as “the giver is more blessed than the receiver” and “it is better to give than to receive.” Perhaps for some persons whether biblical exegesis or eisegesis was employed is a salient issue.…
July 15, 2015
Reviews

Beginning with the Word: Modern Literature and the Question of Belief

Reviewed by Chris Willerton, Language and Literature, Abilene Christian University Lundin’s Beginning with the Word will serve both experienced and less-experienced readers who work at connecting modern literature and theology with modern theories of art, language, and culture. Lundin links theorists like Ferdinand de Saussure, Jean-François Lyotard, and Hans-Georg Gadamer with writers such as Frederick…
July 15, 2015
Article

Remembering Hiroshima: The Construction of Communal Memory

The survivors of the first atomic bomb used in war, which was dropped in Hiroshima, have been telling their survival stories for many decades. Many of them have found that telling their experiences is empowering, as it gives them a purpose to live and allows them to share their knowledge worldwide with people of all…
July 15, 2015
Reflection

Determining the Truth of Abuse in Mission Communities: A Rejoinder and New Agenda

A previous article, “Christian Communities and ‘Recovered Memories’ of Abuse” (CSR 41.4 : 381-400) by Robert J. Priest and Esther E. Cordill, examines the problem of individuals wrongfully found to have committed abuse against minors in a mission context. However, James Evinger and Rich Darr argue the article erroneously describes the methodology of one denomination’s…
July 15, 2015