Telos and Teaching: A Review of What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain
What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain Harvard University Press. 190 pp. Among Alasdair MacIntyre’s more famous claims is that every ethics presumes a sociology. Philosophies of human…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #135: Songs of Innocence and Experience
General Introduction – Some eschatology – Listener feedback – A Dante omission – A dedicated After Virtue episode? – Jacques Barzun on baseball – YOLO, tower libraries – Cain and…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 8.1: Real Marriage
Knowing Mark Driscoll’s public reputation The book’s reception “How Not to Read This Book” A word on recent controversies Reading Chapter One: “New Marriage, Same Spouse” Chapter Three: “Men and…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #134: Cain
General Introduction – Nathan levels up! – Listener feedback – Christian naturism – Rogers, Rogers everywhere – Telos and Matthew 5:48 – Christian college and losing one’s faith – The…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #133: Psychology
General Introduction – Stay tuned ‘til the end for listener feedback Aristotelian Psychology – What does Aristotle mean by soul? – The soul and the body – Dante’s interpolation –…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 7.2: Jesus Feminist
Knowing Reception What is a Jesus Feminist? Foreword by Rachel Held Evans Reading Tone and structure Paul and silence Female community and spiritual midwives Marriage and mutual submission Experiencing God…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #132: Physics
General Introduction – Our special guest – Listener feedback – I dream of The Christian Humanist Podcast – C.S. Lewis and universalism – In which we explain pop culture to…
What Do You See?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 13 April 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 April 2014 (Palm Sunday, Year A) Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 • Matthew 21:1-11 When they were merely a story, a rumor of a movement up north, I…
Deconstruction on the Way to the Kingdom: A Review of The Gospel and the Mind
The Gospel and the Mind: Recovering and Shaping the Intellectual Life by Bradley G. Green Crossway. 181 pp. 16.99 Sometimes folks who have recently learned about the synoptic gospels’ emphasis…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #131
General Introduction – A full slate of PhDs – Listener feedback – Some Lewis corrections and additions – A technical comment, plagued by technical problems – Yes, Grubbs knows about…
Out of the Graves: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 April 2014
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 April 2014 (Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A) Ezekiel 37:1-14 • Psalm 130 • Romans 8:6-11 • John 11:1-45 Ezekiel 37 is a text that I could preach more different…
Freshman Composition, Service Learning, and Required Chapel
Some time ago (too long, really), our friend Todd Pedlar sent along a link to an interesting article about recent trends in Freshman Composition, “Look What Freshman Composition Has Become.” …
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 7.1: The Year of Biblical Womanhood
Knowing “complementarian” vs “egalitarian” How this book is set up and why The Vaginagate controversy Reception and reviews: muddying the waters in a positive way? Reading A quick (okay, not…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #130.1: Amusing Ourselves to Death
General Criticism – Dr. David Grubbs! – Listener feedback – Lewis as gateway drug – The Christian Feminist Podcast – Swearing on the podcast! Brave New World or 1984? –…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 6.2: The Evangelical Adoption Movement
Knowing Biblical precedence or mandate for adoption: The story of Moses; James 1:27, Deuteronomy 10:18 Recent church-led focus on the practice and the “orphan crisis” A decline in international adoptions…