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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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What (Public) Good Is a Christian University? Answer #2: Teaching

When we turn to teaching, several public goods come into view. Let’s begin with something pretty basic. The Christian university...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

What (Public) Good Is a Christian University? Answer #1: Research

Let us begin with the research function of the university, and in my next post, I’ll turn to teaching. The Christian university...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

What (Public) Good Is a Christian University?

I’ve just arrived in Liverpool after a bit of a journey (nonstop flight from Vancouver to London, then a few hours in Heathrow before...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Harvest Time in the Academy

It’s that time of the year again for students and professors: Crunch Time, Year End, the last, sheer drop of the scholastic roller...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Suffering–not Surfing–in Malibu

Actually, I’m not suffering either, although I’m talking about it. I’m here during unseasonably warm weather (high 80s today) to give a...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

EDUCATION

Qualifications for Teaching at a Small Christian College

Here is a lightly-edited example of the many e-mails I have received of this sort: A friend of mine showed me your blog entries on PhD...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Should You Write a Master's Thesis?

Here is what writing a master’s thesis won’t get you: a gasp of admiration from a PhD admissions committee. It doesn’t matter how long a...

John Stackhouse

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CHURCH

Underestimating Theological Interest

I’m finishing up a week speaking at Mount Hermon Conference Center, in the hills above Santa Cruz, California. And I’ve been impressed...

John Stackhouse

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CHURCH

Campus Ministry: What Needs to Be Done

As an extension of the current thread about Ph.D.’s, vocations of teaching, and the like, I have posted a long-ish paper on “Engaging the...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Thinking about a Ph.D.?

(With thanks to friend and former colleague Prof. Bruce Hindmarsh of Regent College for much of what follows.) As you undertake the...

John Stackhouse

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SCIENCE

"Expelled" and Intelligent Design: Help, Please

I’ve been given comp tix to see “Expelled” in a couple of days, just before it opens here in Canada. How can I not? Several of the Big...

John Stackhouse

5 min read

SCIENCE

Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Three, Dawkins as Mirror

In this last post, I’d like to reflect on how Richard Dawkins unwittingly and certainly unwillingly helps the Christian Church, as well...

John Stackhouse

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SCIENCE

Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Two, Dawkins as Ethicist

Richard Dawkins has traveled the world, sowing his particular gospel of atheism, science, rational argument, and the courage to live in...

John Stackhouse

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SCIENCE

Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part One, Dawkins as Rhetor

So someone at the University of British Columbia (UBC) decided it was a good idea to bring Richard Dawkins to campus to give a free...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

EDUCATION

You Are Your GPA

It’s getting towards the end of the academic term throughout North America, and it’s time to confirm a thought that haunt the corners of...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

Why John Tory Is Right–and Wrong–about Religious Schools

The great province of Ontario, Canada’s richest and most populous, is in the throes of an election. As many Canadians know, one of the...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Christian Groups in High Schools: Good Boundaries Make Good Neighbours

Recently, a friend wrote about a problem at the high school he serves as a teacher. Apparently, a staff worker with a well-known...

John Stackhouse

5 min read

EDUCATION

Seminary: Who Needs It?

If you survey leaders of megachurches in the United States…if you consider most leaders of the burgeoning house church movement in...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Liberal Fascists (Still) on Campus?

When I was a student at Queen’s University in the late 1970s, I attended precisely one meeting of the student government there–the Alma...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!