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Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution

Denis Lamoureux’s goal in this book is to demonstrate that Christians in general and conservative Christians in particular should have no hesitation in accepting evolution as a potentially complete scientific account of the origin and development of biological life. Lamoureux’s view would be described usually as “theistic evolution” but Lamoureux objects to this description of…
July 15, 2009
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The Shack: A Novel

I became aware of The Shack by William Young (Windblown Media, 2007) the way I learn about many new books that I would probably never hear about otherwise: the father of one of my students sent me the novel via his daughter along with a request for an evaluation of its contents. It had not…
July 15, 2009
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Reinventign English Evangelicalism, 1966-2001: A Theological and Sociological Study

Rob Warner, sociologist and head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at University of Wales, Lampeter, produces an intriguing analysis of the evolution of English pan-Evangelicalism during the latter half of the 20th century in his recent work Reinventing English Evangelicalism. Following Callum Brown’s advocacy of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of…
July 15, 2009
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The Advent of Evangelicalism: Exploring Historical Continuities

What does it mean to be an evangelical Christian? This is the question explored by a collection of prominent Christian scholars in The Advent of Evangelicalism: Exploring Historical Continuities. The book was released first as a British imprint under the title: The Emergence of Evangelicalism: Exploring Historical Continuities (Apollos, 2008). The impetus for this collection…
July 15, 2009
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In Defense of Methodological Naturalism

In this paper, Patrick McDonald and Nivaldo J. Tro argue that all scientists, including theists, should practice science in accord with methodological naturalism, the idea that scientific theories should be naturalistic (they should not contain supernatural elements). They present several reasons for accepting methodological naturalism, including its proven historical success, and they argue also that…
June 15, 2009
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Discursive Taboo in Community Discourse: Communication Competence and Biblical Wisdom

Racial tension, homosexuality and abortion are just a few of the topics where communication can quickly devolve into harmful conflict instead of calm and/or respectful dialogue. In this essay Julie W. Morgan and Richard K. Olsen explore the role of dialogue within a Christian academic community. How does a Christian academic community address subjects that…
April 15, 2009
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Anthropology’s Debt to Missionaries

The relationship between anthropologists and missionaries is a particularly intriguing one. It is full of the stuff that is fertile ground for academic engagement, not least because of a certain overlap of interests coupled with long-standing tension. The collection of articles found in Anthropology’s Debt to Missionaries, written predominantly by anthropologists, provides a valuable, though…
April 15, 2009
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Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement

My prolific bookseller friend has insisted that Beyond Homelessness is one of the most important books of 2008.Byron Borger, review of Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement, by Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. Walsh, http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/review/beyond_homelessness_christian/ (accessed November 2008). I find it hard to disagree. Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. Walsh assert that…
April 15, 2009