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Christian academia and the peace (שׁלום, shalom) of Jeremiah (1 of 2)
In a previous post I commented on the importance Sir Donald Hay gives to the biblical notion of shalom in his understanding of what it means to be a Christian academic. In the present post I want to think a little more carefully about what shalom is and how it is an important idea of
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Why do I study something I don’t believe is true?
When it comes to what I research, one of the first challenges for me is to think through the following question: “Why do you study something you don’t believe is true?” These are my responses, in brief: 1. Saying ‘it is such a godless area, why study that?’ is like saying ‘Saudi Arabia is such
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What does a “Christian approach” to my academic discipline even mean?
What does a “Christian approach” to my discipline even mean? Do I need to mention Jesus in the papers I write? Is it OK just to allude to something Christian in the acknowledgements? Should I quote the bible? What will happen if I do? I found myself asking questions like these pretty early on in
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Three ways that being a Christian make a difference to the work and life of an academic
For those Christian scholars who work in biblical studies, theology or church history, it can be relatively straightforward to see how being a Christian and working in academia can fit together. For the rest of us, the jigsaw is not so easy to complete. As a doctoral student I worried about whether I was being
