Article The Soul of the American University Refreshed Philip Ryken is the President of Wheaton College, where he has served since 2010. The…Philip RykenOctober 27, 2021
Article American Idols: Review of George M. Marsden, The Soul of the American University Revisited Julia D. Hejduk is the Reverend Jacob Beverly Stiteler Professor of Classics and Associate Dean…Julia D. HejdukOctober 27, 2021
Article The Playfulness of Perfect Communion: Polarities in Dante’s Paradiso The fullness of human community that Dante depicts in the final third of his Divine…Curtis A. GruenlerAugust 22, 2021
Article Grasshopper Theology: Games, Play, and the Ideal of Existence Can game playing possibly be the ideal of existence? Philosopher Bernard Suits argues that it…Chad Carlson and Brian R. BoltAugust 22, 2021
Article Playful Seriousness: The Quandary of Exercise in a Technological Age Understanding the role that exercise ought to play in a Christian’s vocation requires a clear…Andrew BorrorAugust 22, 2021
Article Playing Straight into God’s Hands: A Comparative Study of the Hindu and Christian Understandings of Play Comparatively studying the Hindu theologies of lila and the Christian theologies of play can provide…Advait PraturiAugust 22, 2021
Article Good Work, Done Well for the Right Reasons and with an End in Mind: Playing at Work Work and play are often seen as the antithesis of each other, and twentieth-century scholars…Margaret DiddamsAugust 22, 2021
Article Shame, Guilt, and the Practice of Repentance: An Intersection of Modern Psychology with the Wisdom of Calvin Shame and guilt are important concepts within Christian theology. In much of the literature, however,…Mary VandenBergJune 1, 2021
Article Transformative Learning Theory as a Hermeneutic for Understanding Tensions within Scripture This article proposes that Transformative Learning Theory (TLT), particularly in light of recent advances in…Elizabeth H. P. BackfishMay 31, 2021
Article Teaching Students to Doubt Well: The Roles of Intellectual Humility and Uncertainty Tolerance Some Christian students in the sciences may encounter apparent tensions at the interface of science…M. Elizabeth Lewis HallMay 24, 2021
Article Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen: Another Look Creative individuals in every era have produced works that inspire and provoke their fellow citizens,…Ronald WitzkeMay 10, 2021
Article The Promise of Mimetic Theory as an Interdisciplinary Paradigm for Christian Scholars This introduction gives an overview of mimetic theory’s three core ideas as first formulated in the…Curtis A. GruenlerJanuary 15, 2021
Article Between the Gospel and Myth: The Biblical Critique of Persecution in Cane, Sanctuary, and Beloved The Bible, in René Girard’s reading, reveals the violent foundations of social order and critiques…Martin KevorkianJanuary 15, 2021
Article Mimetic Theory: A New Paradigm for Understanding the Psychology of Conflict Though tribalism and conflict have long been a focus of social psychological research, psychology as…Kathryn M. FrostJanuary 15, 2021
Article From Violence Loop to Conversion Spiral: Mimetic Theory and Communities of Care for Children with Disabilities This collaboration between a social work researcher with expertise in systems of care for those…Dennis Feaster and Curtis A. GruenlerJanuary 15, 2021
Article Mimetic Theory: Some Pointers for Christian Economists Mimetic theory has received very little attention from economists. This essay by an ap-plied microeconomist…Tim HuegerichJanuary 15, 2021
Article Without Rival: Mimetic Theory in a First-Year Seminar In a global digital culture of influencers, followers, and attention-deficit disorders, mimetic theory helps show…Matthew PackerJanuary 15, 2021
Article Evangelizing Atheism: Missing the Mark in Recent Christian Film Many Christian films released in the last two decades often pitch themselves as a means…Steven VredenburghNovember 12, 2020
Article The Other Within: Rethinking Theological Anthropology in Light of the Microbiome Research on the microbiome is challenging long-held assumptions about human health. These claims are forcing…Aaron M. HillNovember 12, 2020
Article Economics, Theology, and a Case for Economic Growth: An Assessment of Recent Critiques Economic growth is controversial. While economists tend to support it, in recent decades economic growth…Edd S. Noell and Stephen L. S. SmithNovember 12, 2020