Coming soon. In the meantime, check out our coverage of night 1. ***** Is the GOP unified? Maybe. But old GOP rivalries die hard. Remember when Matt Gaetz managed to get Kevin McCarthy removed as Speaker of the House? Remember […]
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The chair of Cornerstone University’s Board of Trustees responds to the school’s cuts in arts and humanities (UPDATED)
Are you new to this story? Get up to speed here. The alumni of Cornerstone University recently received this statement from Richard S. Koole, chair of the Cornerstone University Board. Current was able to obtain a copy: Fellow Alumni, Like […]
Blessing of Unicorns: Scofield Reference Bible, education, tech Sabbaths, George MacDonald, and more!
The Unicorns of this week have landed!
What is popular this week at CURRENT
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog: ”
LONG FORM: It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Springsteen’s Catholic localism permeates his music in winsome ways
The Author’s Corner with Richard E. Ocejo
Richard E. Ocejo is Professor of Sociology at John Jay College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. This interview is based on his new book, Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City (Princeton […]
The quiet death of an academic Classics journal
What does the death of Ramus mean for publishing in the humanities?
Fanfare for the common man
Sometimes the everyday person is worthy of celebration.
Calvin University responds to Wiebe and Joanna Boer’s lawsuit
If you want to get up to speed, check out the piece we published over the weekend: “Recently ousted Calvin University president Wiebe Boer and his wife Joanna are suing Calvin. The complaint reads like a soap opera.” Here is […]
Recently ousted Calvin University president Wiebe Boer and his wife Joanna are suing Calvin. The complaint reads like a soap opera.
Some of you who read this blog know that we have been keeping track of this story. See our coverage here and here. Here is the latest from MLIVE: GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Calvin University president who stepped down […]
What is popular this week at <em>Current</em>?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
Big changes at Trinity International University, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the Evangelical Free Church
If I am reading the situation correctly: It is all explained in this press release: On Thursday, February 15, Nicholas Perrin, President of Trinity International University, tendered his resignation to the TIU Board of Regents, effective February 29, 2024. Dr. […]
Evangelical roundup for February 8, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Part of me will always be grateful for James Dobson. I totally agree with Bonnie Kristian: Evangelicals should consider a “journalism tithe.” Rick Warren on certainty: Christian music and Nashville. Willow Creek is closing […]
A Blessing of Unicorns: 01/20/2024
This week’s Unicorns are all about reading, literature, and education.
Remembering December
Note by note, George Winston kept “holy” and “holiday” together
Evangelical roundup for December 14, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Writer Steven King rips Trump-supporting evangelicals. A news website is uniting Spanish evangelicals. Nicaragua is closing 256 evangelical NGOs. More on Michael Youssef’s evangelism rally in Egypt. Good to see Scot McKnight covering Current‘ […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The wealthy no longer use their riches to support society. When hillbillies migrated to the cities and joined the white working class. What if the United States lost World War […]
Utilitarianism, higher education, and pricing human life
Recently, my eight-year-old son has become mildly obsessed with the nineteenth-century English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Inspiring my son to write his own illustrated last will and testament, upon his death Bentham bequeathed his body to science, requesting that following a […]
Killing the humanities at WVU: déjà vu all over again
When colleges dismantle the humanities, everyone suffers. The past several years have seen the dismantling of the humanities and the liberal arts in many a university and college in the U.S., including my now former employer, a regional comprehensive state […]