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J. Robert Oppenheimer: An Autopsy of the American Academic Vocation, Part 1

On Friday, the largest-scale exploration of the American academic vocation will hit theaters. With a rumored marketing budget of $100 million, few of us likely avoided the campaign NBCUniversal unleashed in recent weeks for Christopher Nolan’s next film, Oppenheimer. Viewers of Wimbledon and Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, for example, were repeatedly introduced to snippets…
July 17, 2023
AnnouncementPress Release

Mark A. Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Updated Edition)

https://youtu.be/HPZ-TQQWeTg With great appreciation to Wheaton College and its Faith and Learning Program, Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to share Tuesday’s (3/15) panel discussion with Mark A. Noll concerning the updated edition of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.  The discussion, titled “The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind in a Social Media Age,” included panelists…
March 19, 2022
Reviews

Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Christian Thinking for Human Flourishing

“America needs more private intellectuals.”Francis Joseph Beckwith, Twitter post, June 22, 2021, 10:36 a.m., https://twitter.com/fbeckwith/sta-tus/1407346836223021065. Emphasis added. So tweeted Baylor University philosopher and occasional public intellectual Francis Beckwith. Perhaps Beckwith had in mind a particular public intellectual’s unfortunate essay or social media misadventure. There is little doubt public intellectuals draw fire from all sides. Scholars…
February 28, 2022
Press Release

50th Anniversary Celebration

Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to announce the celebration of its 50th anniversary.  On Thursday, October 28, 2021, CSR will release its 50th anniversary issue (51:1) at a reception following an address offered by Joel A. Carpenter, Calvin University’s Provost Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow with the Nagel Institute, as part of Baylor University’s annual…
June 12, 2021
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Searching For the Soul of the University: An Interview with George M. Marsden

Risking understatement, George M. Marsden’s The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief sparked intense reactions in academe when released by Oxford University Press in 1994.For example, please see John Patrick Diggins’ “God, Man and the Curriculum,” The New York Times  (April 17, 1994, Section 7, Page 25).  Administrators of church-related…
May 12, 2021
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“The Academic Vocation in a Post-2020 World: An Ecumenical Dialogue”—a virtual panel discussion

Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to announce “The Academic Vocation in a Post-2020 World: An Ecumenical Dialogue”—a virtual panel discussion on Saturday, November 14, 2020, from 11:00 AM EST to 12:15 PM EST.  Moderated by Margaret Diddams, the recently appointed Editor for Christian Scholar’s Review, panel members include: Nancy Brickhouse – Provost, Baylor University;    Gerard J.…
October 31, 2020
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Welcome to the Christ Animating Learning Blog

Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to announce the launch of “Christ Animating Learning”—an interdisciplinary and interactive forum focused on the relationship the Christian faith shares with the practices of teaching and scholarship.  “Christ Animating Learning” launched Monday, with posts appearing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Readers can access it at https://christianscholars.com/blog/ or sign-up at https://christianscholars.com/newsletter/…
September 9, 2020
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New Editor Announcement

Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Diddams as Editor. As of Monday, August, 17, 2020, Diddams will oversee the print journal’s commitment to serving as a premier outlet for Christian scholarship.    Diddams recently retired as Provost of Wheaton College, where she championed faith and learning scholarship. On her retirement,…
August 3, 2020
Article

Introduction to the Theme Issue: Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Christian Thinking for Human Flourishing

Todd C. Ream is Professor of Higher Education at Taylor University, the Senior Fellow for Programming for the Lumen Research Institute, and the publisher for Christian Scholar’s Review. Previously, Ream served on college and university campuses in residence life, student support services, honors programs, and as a chief student development officer. He is the author…
July 15, 2020
Announcement

Perry Glanzer Appointed Editor-in-Chief

Christian Scholar’s Review is pleased to announce the appointment of Perry L. Glanzer as its first Editor-in-Chief. As of June 1, 2020, Perry will oversee the journal’s commitment to continue its role as a premier outlet for Christian scholarship.    While the print journal is the foundation of that commitment, Perry will lead CSR’s efforts to…
May 27, 2020
Introduction

Introduction to the Theme Issue on the State of the Evangelical Mind

Regardless of how one defines it, American evangelicalism is at a crossroads. The last quarter of the twentieth century was replete with signs of prosperity. Many churches, parachurch organizations, universities, and seminaries grew at unprecedented rates. Some analysts argued that the individuals populating those institutions were contributing to an intellectual renaissance. For example, in the…
July 15, 2018
Extended Review

History and Presence —An Extended Review

Todd C. Ream is Professor of Higher Education, Taylor University, and Distinguished Fellow, Excelsia College. By almost any measure, Theodore Martin Hesburgh, C.S.C. (May 25, 1917 –February 26, 2015) was among the greatest university presidents of the twentieth century. Some historians may even go so far as to argue Hesburgh stands amongst the greatest university…
April 15, 2017
Reviews

Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power

Reviewed by Todd C. Ream, Higher Education and Student Development, Taylor University and Aaron Morrison, Student Development, Nebraska Wesleyan University Power is not what it used to be. At a point in time we now vaguely remember, a handful of newspapers provided an authoritative look at the affairs of the day. Such details were then…
April 15, 2015
Review Symposium

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation by James K.A. Smith

“Beyond the Mind” by Todd C. Ream Taylor University recently began a new campaign with the motto of “Beyond the Mind.” Billboards brandished these words along with images of students. Atfirst glance I must admit I was somewhat perplexed by this effort. Passing one of these billboards on Interstate 69 in northeastern Indiana I thought,…
January 15, 2010