In preparing for this paper, I came across this 1998 article by JZ Smith (is he related, son perhaps, of Wilfred Cantwell Smith?) “Teaching the Bible in the Context of General Education” (Teaching Theology and Religion, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 73-78, Jun 1998). It is a very interesting read, […]
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Or portions of it, I guess. It is hard to tell, but Jim West pointed this out on the XTalk list. (Actually, he has already blogged on it here and I missed it. Update your Dr. Jim West feeds everyone!)
If you are interested in keeping up with the latest podcasting going on around PSU check out “New and Cool on iTunes U”. Be sure to see the second episode, called “A Tale of Two Bradys.” 🙂
As a long time Mac user I am glad to see not only the resurgence of Apple Corp on campus, but that PSU is very heavily Apple. Inside Higher Ed has a biblical twist with their opening sentence of this story. In the beginning, there was Apple. “At one point, […]
I was going to try and provide links to the SBL Sections dealing with the above topic. Unfortunately the search function does not provide a usable link. For your convenience, I am providing the sessions and the paper topics below. I am in the session withe theme “Transforming the Curriculum” […]
This could be interesting. The article is subscription only but the gist is easy enough to get from below. “Citizendium” Can scholars build a better version of Wikipedia? Larry Sanger, a co-founder who has since become a critic of the open-source encyclopedia, intends to find out. This week Mr. Sanger […]
My life is a little busier than in the past. This is a light week for me (click to see the full size, images blurred to protect the innocent):
A very interesting survey from the Social Science Research Council (“The survey was conducted and analyzed by two sociologists, Neil Gross of Harvard University and Solon Simmons of George Mason University”) reported by IHE today. Listen to many critics of higher education, and you would think that faith had been […]