This was the question posed on Twitter by Jonathan Dowie (who has recently written a book on multi-lingual church which I hope to review soon). Jonathan then went on to highlight the problem with academic writing, in short, he said “it sucks.” His big issue was the tendency for academics to be verbose, hiding behind… Continue reading “That’s interesting” Does theology belong in academia?
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What’s the point of evangelical intellectualism?
Following on from Tim Suffield’s article, which I responded to here, Rhys Laverty has followed on with a further attempt to make the same case, that we need evangelical intellectuals and that the way we should go about making this happen is for churches to support these intellectuals. Now, I think both articles suffer from… Continue reading What’s the point of evangelical intellectualism?
What are they teaching?
The professor who takes in the Pevensie children in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe famously asks “What do they teach in schools these days?” Well, whatever is being taught in schools, we have quite a good idea of what is being taught in our universities and by whom. We know because academics quite… Continue reading What are they teaching?
If you are going to troll Christians at least get some basics right!
Here is Professor Alice Roberts (Professor of Public Engagement with Science at Birmingham University) expressing her views on Christianity. She goes on in her thread to raise the typical humanist complaint about Christiasn engaging in education and public life. Now, leaving aside any major disagreements about theology or philosophy, here are the bigger concerns. First… Continue reading If you are going to troll Christians at least get some basics right!
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