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Helping the World’s Search for a Vocabulary

In a fascinating conversation published in Advance magazine a few years ago, Shirley Hoogstra interviewed Anne Snyder and David Brooks about their impressions of the kind of Christian education happening on our CCCU campuses.  Are we doing enough, Shirley asked, to be a “leaven” in the larger academy, helping “to transform things for the better?”…
August 24, 2026
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Character in Community: A Fellowship Inspired by Oxford’s Online Leading with Character Course (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this series, we shared the story of how the Leading with Character Fellowship was built: a six-week community of practice scaffolded around the Leading with Character online course, designed to bring relational accountability, weekly small groups, and shared formation to what might otherwise have been a solo online experience. Two of…
August 21, 2026
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Why Do Non-Religious Students Like Christian Faculty and Staff So Much? Perhaps It Is Because We Don’t Talk to Them about Religion or Purpose

Like 82% of Christian higher education institutions, Baylor does not require students to be Christians. So this past month, with the help of my colleague Kevin Dougherty, I decided to drill down into our 2026 Senior Baylor Faith and Character data to find out about the experiences of non-religious students at Baylor. What are their…
August 19, 2026
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How Students at Elite Secular and Christian Universities Understand the Good Life, Purpose, and Self-Worth: Some Surprising Differences

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a three-part series addressing how we deal with purpose and the good life in Christian higher education.  I remember having a conversation some time ago with the leader of one of the large Christian college partnerships. In the midst of the conversation, I found it surprising that…
August 17, 2026

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Samford University’s Josh Reeves Appointed Associate Co-Editor for Theology

The editors, associate editors, and institutional representatives who serve Christian Scholar’s Review are pleased to appoint Josh Reeves as the next Associate Co-Editor for Theology.  Reeves currently serves as the Director of Samford University’s Center for Science and Religion and joins Karin Stetina (Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Biola University), who serves as…
October 23, 2025
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The True Race Part III: Eternal Love and Sport

In yesterday’s post, I pointed out how Dante’s Paradise helps one see the primacy of love. The arete of love is eternal, while all of the records, championships, trophies and praise in sport will pass away. In this final post, I will address the implications that the eternal love of God, to which Dante points…
October 22, 2025
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The True Race Part I

These posts conclude a series – done over several years – which examines how Dante’s Divine Comedy sheds light on the world of sport. The first post used the Inferno to illuminate the nature and place of courage in sport. The second post used Dante to examine the doctrine of Purgatory and the implications it…
October 20, 2025
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Book Excerpt from The Christian University & The Academic Establishment

This excerpt from (Excerpted from the concluding chapter of Ron Highfield, The Christian University & The Academic Establishment. Sulis Academic Press, 2025, pp. 195-203. Reprinted with the permission of the author and publisher. To download the full chapter and read the Table of Contents, go to the publisher page for The Christian University.)Book Excerpt from…
October 17, 2025
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Faithful Love for Our Non-Christian Neighbor: Should We Exclude Non-Christians from Key Student Leader Positions?

Christian universities and colleges that accept non-Christian students, which is the majority of Christian universities, always face the challenge of loving our non-Christian neighbors sacrificially while remaining faithful to our love for God (and by extension the institution’s Christian mission). The reason why doing both is so difficult stems from a common human reality: We…
October 16, 2025
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Learning as a Created Good

Recently, a colleague shared a question with me that he often discusses with his students during the first days of the semester. "Do you think Adam knew how to make a guitar?" It is a fun question to ponder, and to listen to students ponder. But, beyond the novelty of the pondering, I think this…
October 14, 2025
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The Antisemitism Epidemic: A Christian Response

On June 1, 2025, 45-year-old Mohammed Sabry Soliman yelled "Free Palestine!" and tossed Molotov cocktails at Jewish participants at an event meant to draw attention to the plight of Israeli hostages. The cocktails burned eight of the participants, with one 82-year-old victim eventually dying. Two months later, on August 27th, a 70-year-old Jewish woman shopping…
October 10, 2025