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Reflection: A Dream

For sixteen years Don W. King served as the Editor of the Christian Scholar’s Review, completing his service on May 1, 2015. In the last of three short reflections he relates a dream he had just before stepping down as editor. Mr. King is Professor of English at Montreat College. Last night I had a…
July 15, 2015
Reviews

Silence: A Christian History

Reviewed by Gerald L. Sittser, Theology, Whitworth University Academic historians rarely reach a wide audience. A few (Peter Brown comes to mind here) become widely known, but not many. Diarmaid MacCulloch belongs in that elite company. His previous books, such as Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, have won major awards, and his popular BBC-TV…
July 15, 2015
Introduction

Introduction to the Theme Issue: The Nuclear Age at 70

Richard Pointer is Professor of History and Fletcher Jones Foundation Chair in the Social Sciences at Westmont College, Michael Van Dyke is Professor of English at Cornerstone University, Scott Waalkes is Professor of Political Science at Malone University, and Mark Yuly is Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Houghton…
July 15, 2015
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Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis

Reviewed by Alice L. Laffey, Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross In the past 35 years this reviewer has read many books in the field of biblical studies and many books on the environment. There has been an occasional book that has combined biblical studies and the environmental crisis, but these usually have been…
July 15, 2015
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Friendship as Sacred Knowing: Overcoming Isolation

Reviewed by Douglas V. Henry, Great Texts Program, Baylor University Imagine that most of the major achievements of the modern age grew out of a fundamentally flawed assumption about human understanding. Suppose that the assumption in question, for all the evident successes built upon it, gave rise to circumstances in which alienation from nature, isolation…
July 15, 2015
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Radical Orthodox Economics

Steven McMullen notes that in recent years, a number of theologians and philosophers, following John Milbank, have drawn on continental post-modern philosophy to form a critique of capitalism and modern economics. Often called the “Radical Orthodoxy” movement, these scholars argue that the problems with capitalism lie not with its results, but its underlying metaphysics and…
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July 15, 2015
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Transformations in Biblical Literary Traditions: Incarnation, Narrative, and Ethics: Essays in Honor of David Lyle Jeffrey

Reviewed by Paul R. House, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University Editing a good festschrift is analogous to integrating faith and learning in a university context. Both must balance research and application. They must show deference to the past while holding out hope for the future. Milestones must be duly noted without leaving the impression that…
July 15, 2015
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Mathematical Knowledge and Divine Mystery: Augustine and his Contemporary Challengers

Christians have been active in philosophy of mathematics in recent years, but Steven D. Boyer and Walter B. Huddell III argue that the classical work of Augustine of Hippo in this field has been largely misunderstood or distorted even by its supposed advocates. This essay corrects that distortion and shows how the traditional Augustinian awareness…
April 15, 2015