Editor: Leland Ryken (Colorado Springs: WaterBrook Press, 2002) Summary: “The great sin of most of the stories of popular culture…is not that they are violent or obscene or godless, but that they waste our time.” Leland Ryken has edited The Christian Imagination, an...
By: James Davison Hunter (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) Summary: Dr. Hunter is a sociology professor at UVA, and his vocational expertise certainly comes out in this book, though not enough to over-burden the reader with distracting jargon, for his writing...
Jacobs, Alan "The Online State of Nature: Why has Internet discourse devolved into a 'war of every man against every man'" The Online State of Nature (August 30, 2010) Alan Jacobs, Wheaton College professor of English and prolific author, has given us a short, stellar...
Poe, Marshall "Meme Weaver: The Author Tries—and Fails—to Cash in on a Big Idea" The Atlantic Monthly (October 2011) Big ideas, big dreams and big actions—those ideas, dreams, and actions that actually change the world—are not wrong in and of themselves, but they too...
Wright, N.T. "God in the Dock: What Place Now for Christian Faith in Public Life?" (C.S. Lewis Lecture, Dublin, Ireland, October 21, 2011) This speech, given last fall at the invitation of The Evangelical Alliance Ireland, presents the reader with Tom Wright at his...
Lash, Nicholas "I watch my language in the presence of God – Theology in the modern university" (Brief “Thank You” remarks upon reception of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Durham University, June 30, 2011) Nicholas Lash, appointed to the Norris-Hulse Chair...
Brown, Candy Gunther "Testing Prayer: Can Science Prove the Healing Power of Prayer?" Huff Post March 2, 2012 Doing research for eight years on a topic can be an exhausting experience, but certainly qualifies one to be heard, as long as the research follows the...
Appiah, Kwame Anthony "What will future generations condemn us for?" The Washington Post (September 26, 2010) Appiah, a professor of philosophy at Princeton University, has written an op/ed piece that every Christian should take to heart. He is a native Ghanian and...
Fischer, Karin "Crisis of Confidence Threatens Colleges" The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 15, 2011) Through an analysis of polls of both College Presidents and the general public this article demonstrates the great transition university and college education in...
Watson, Micah "Neo Vs. The Karate Kid, 'Public Discourse: Ethics, Law and the Public Good'" Public Discourse (May 24, 2012) The relationship between knowledge and the human dominates much of the discussion of education today. Living in times of great and rapid...
