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Christ Centered Higher Education: Memory, Meaning, and Momentum for the Twenty-First Century

Reviewed by Kimberly Carmichael Thornbury, Senior Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students, Union University Higher education faces ongoing major challenges including student access and affordability, massive budget constraints, and a race to find innovative ways to deliver educational products through online platforms. Christian higher education faces additional attacks, primarily issues of religious…
January 15, 2014
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When and How Should We Respond to Unjust Laws? A Thomistic Analysis of Civil Disobedience

Keith D. Wyma argues that a coherent, well-grounded Christian perspective on civil dis- obedience is possible, and can be found in the work of Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas gives crisp guidelines regarding when civil disobedience could be morally allowable—or even obligatory—and supplies a “test” to determine whether a given method of disobedience is morally appropriate. The…
January 15, 2014
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Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas

Reviewed by Thomas Jay Oord, Theology and Philosophy, Northwest Nazarene University I know of no finer, more accurate, or more accessible explanation of a Thomistic view of divine action than Michael Dodds’s recently published book, Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas. This is an immensely important book, and those who care about issues…
January 15, 2014
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Creator God, Evolving World

Reviewed by Brian Glenney, Philosophy, Gordon College Life evolves according to something like PANDA: Progressive complexity, Ancestors in common, Natural selection, Descent with modification, Ancient earth. The phenomenon of natural selection, for example, reveals that living things with the most adaptive traits continue to exist. But some aspects of how adaptive traits become selected remain…
January 15, 2014
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Reframing the Faith-Learning Relationship: Bonhoeffer and an Incarnational Alternative to the Integration Model

The faith-integration model, with its working assumption that “All truth is God’s truth,” has become the standard approach for many scholars at evangelical colleges and universities as they seek to understand the relationship between faith and learning. In this essay, Kevin D. Miller proposes that the integration model harbors an imperialistic impulse and proposes instead…
January 15, 2014
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For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio

Reviewed by Thomas Trzyna, English, Seattle Pacific University Christian Scholar’s Review is a generalist journal, so the purpose of this review, above all, should be to recommend the poetry of one of the twentieth century’s most talented poets, W. H. Auden. Auden had the musical and compositional skills of Robert Frost and W. B. Yeats,…
January 15, 2014
Book Review

The Golden Cord: A Short Book of the Secular and the Sacred

Reviewed by John W. Wright, Theology and Christian Ministry, Point Loma Nazarene University It should not surprise us to find Richard Dawkins at the head of the 2013 Prospect Magazine poll of the 100 most influential intellectuals in the world.See David Wolf, “World Thinkers,” Prospect Magazine, April 24, 2013, accessed May 28, 2013, http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/world-thinkers-2013/. Scientism…
October 15, 2013
Book Review

Dust and Breath: Faith, Health—And Why the Church Should Care About Both

Reviewed by Max A. Hunter, Biology, Seattle Pacific University In Dust and Breath: Faith, Health—And Why the Church Should Care About Both, Kendra G. Hotz and Matthew T. Mathews offer a provocative analysis of the relationship between church life, theology, health, and social structure. Through insightful arguments and engaging accounts, the authors elucidate the relationship…
October 15, 2013