John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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...
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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ph.D. Applicants: Don't Apply Unless You Mean It
Don’t apply for a Ph.D. program and hope to defer an acceptance you receive. It’s not like undergraduate acceptance. If you don’t take...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...