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Art as Invitation: Considering New Paradigms for Scholarship and Global Engagement through the Charis Exhibit

Until recently, art has commonly been treated as ancillary to the educational mission and intellectual discourse that are at the core of Christian higher education. Using the exhibition Charis: Boundary Crossings—Neighbors, Strangers, Family, Friends as a case study, Curator and Project Director Rachel Hostetter Smith argues that art has a distinct capacity to serve as…
July 15, 2013
Review Essays

Global Christianity: Examining the Role of Christian Higher Education in the Changing Landscape— A Review Essay

Stephen C. Johnson is Dean, Honors College, at Abilene Christian University. Jason M. Morris is Associate Dean, Honors College, at Abilene Christian University. Kristina M. Davis is Assistant Professor of Honors Studies and Communication at Abilene Christian University. Jeffrey O. Haseltine is Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Dean, College of Education…
July 15, 2013
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“His Studie was but Litel on the Bible”: Materialism and Misreading in Chaucer’s Physician’s Tale

Joshua J. Stigall notes that because Chaucer’s Physician’s Tale is generally considered the least interesting tale in the Canterbury Tales it has not received critical engagement on the scale that other tales, like the Wife of Bath and the Knight, have received. Moreover, when the tale is discussed, Chaucer’s characterization of the Physician in the…
April 15, 2013
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Risk and Responsibility in Global Environmental Governance

The fundamental problems of global environmental governance are scarcity (a relative lack of resources with which to satisfy our relatively abundant goals), tragedy (the necessity of choosing between competing goods or rights, a corollary of scarcity), and risk (a measure of the likelihood of a tragic outcome). This article by Noah Toly examines the origins…
April 15, 2013
Book Review

The Last Judgement: Christian Ethics in a Legal Culture

Reviewed by Stephen N. Bretsen, Business and Economics, Wheaton College The cover art on Andrew Skotnicki’s book The Last Judgment: Christian Ethics in a Legal Culture is disconcerting. The simple black and white drawing, called Judge Jesus by Mike Gregg, depicts a hollow-eyed Jesus with a beard and long hair bearing the crown of thorns…
April 15, 2013
Book Review

Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty

Reviewed by Matthew J. Milliner, Art, Wheaton College What is “theology and art,” this hybrid category of inquiry that has sprung up like bamboo in and across neatly divided academic plots? Should it be categorized as art practice, art history or musicology, philosophy, theology, or something different still? Whatever the answer (and there may not…
April 15, 2013
Book Review

Afro-Pentecostalism: Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in History and Culture

Reviewed by Kenneth L. Waters, Sr., Theology, Azusa Pacific University As a phenomenon of the African American church, Afro-Pentecostalism is expressive of an African heritage, a Holiness-liberationist perspective, the pivotal leadership of W. J. Seymour, and the enduring legacy of the Azusa Street Revival. Fourteen scholars come together in an edited volume to explore various…
April 15, 2013