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Bryan Gill and Margaret Diddams

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Introducing the Spring 2026 Issue of Christian Scholar’s Review: Finding the Imago Dei in Health Care

Sunday, on the last official day of spring, we released our spring issue online, coinciding with the expected arrival of the journal’s paper copies in the mailboxes of subscribers and faculty members at our institutional partners. We pride ourselves here at Christian Scholar’s Review, with our small volunteer editorial team and a single paid graduate…
Bryan Gill and Margaret Diddams
June 23, 2026
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Christ-­Centered Praxis in Healthcare Education

While Samford University has long been committed to the integration of faith and learning, a coordinated, university-­wide emphasis began in 2021 through Academic Affairs’ Faculty Success Center with the launch of its Faith and Learning Initiative. A year-­long process led a faculty taskforce to develop four emphasis areas—personal spiritual growth, vocational exploration, pedagogical integration, and…
Bryan Gill and C. Scott Bickel, PT, PhD
June 22, 2026
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The Praxis of Faith and Learning at Samford University

How does a Christian university change a culture and overcome fear, differences of opinions, and a faculty body comprised of diverse Christian traditions? How does the university guard against implementing an administratively-driven, plug-and-play approach to faith and learning integration that would infringe on the faculty member’s academic freedom? The starting point for us at Samford…
Bryan Gill and J. Michael Hardin
September 16, 2024