Two relatively new institutions are doing great work for the future of the evangelical mind.
Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
A reader responds: the future of evangelical scholars and scholarship
Adam Shields manages a small non-profit that focuses on developing prayer and church-based community ministries. He is also a spiritual director. He lives with his wife and two children in Marietta, GA. He has made it a spiritual practice to […]
The future of evangelical scholars (and their scholarship too)
A year ago, a welcome second edition appeared of that most articulate of jeremiads (as it has been frequently dubbed) about the state of the evangelical mind and (related) evangelical scholarship: Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. The […]
Eighteen hours in Madison, Wisconsin
Yesterday I spent the day with the impressive staff of Upper House, the Christian study center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I was in Madison to participate in an interfaith faculty dialogue on listening and democratic discourse […]
“What is the State of the Evangelical Mind on Christian College Campuses?”
In September 2017, the founders of Current (Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly) participated in a conference in Indianapolis on the “State of the Evangelical Mind.” (This was 3-4 years before we launched Current). We spoke at a session devoted to the legacy of […]
“On the Evangelical Mind and Consulting the Faithful”
In September 2017, the founders of Current (Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly) participated in a conference in Indianapolis on the “State of the Evangelical Mind.” (This was 3-4 years before we launched Current). We spoke at a session […]
“Anti-Intellectualism and the Integration of Faith and Learning”
In September 2017, the founders of Current (Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly) participated in a conference in Indianapolis on the “State of the Evangelical Mind.” (This was 3-4 years before we launched Current). We spoke at a session […]
Are evangelical scholars prospering from “the scandal of the evangelical mind”?
Some of you on Twitter may know Darryl Hart as the historian who regularly trolls this blog under the handle “Old Life.” In a piece published yesterday at The Wall Street Journal, Hart wonders if evangelical historians are trying to […]
Wheaton College celebrates Mark Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
More Christian colleges need to have conversations like this. This event celebrates the new edition of the book.
Eric Metaxas chides Tim Keller for reading too much (and other evidence of the scandal of the evangelical mind)
If you want to see Mark Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind at work, watch Eric Metaxas’s interview with Lucas Miles at the annual meeting of the National Religious Broadcasters. Lucas is the author of a book titled The Christian […]