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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

David Martin and the Sociology of Religion: A Review

4 min

David Martin and the Sociology of Religion: A Review

Review of Hans Joas, ed., David Martin and the Sociology of Religion (London and New York: Routledge, 2018). ISBN: 978-0815393306. [This...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

6 min

VOCATION

My Dinner with Mako

Just back from New York City. Had never visited it, having visited so many, many US cities over the years. San Diego, Los Angeles, San...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

6 min

GOOD BOOKS

Review of David Martin, THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY

The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

GOOD BOOKS

Jonathan Edwards: A New Book, a New Look

I’ve just begun reading the new book by friends Mike McClymond and Gerry McDermott on my favourite theologian, Jonathan Edwards...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

GOOD BOOKS

David Martin's Newest Book: For Your Summer Study Break

The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

VOCATION

"Getting Ready for Glory"–Academic Style

A few posts ago, I enjoyed writing to you about Steve Bell’s grandmother as described in a story by Steve and a song by Carolyn Arends,...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

ETHICS

Now You Can Finally Stop Hitting Your Kids

I don’t know of a single good parent who likes spanking their kids. I don’t know how one could. We surely hated it, but we didn’t know...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

DISCIPLESHIP

"I Want to Be in Jerusalem": More from Walter Hilton

I’m very much enjoying David Jeffrey’s edition of Walter Hilton‘s 14C spiritual writings. Today I came across this parable and wanted you...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

DISCIPLESHIP

All We Need Is Love–but Like This

I’ve been reading the fourteenth-century spiritual advisor Walter Hilton of late. He seems just the right sort of advisor: realistic,...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

EVANGELICALISM

A Few Notes on the "Spectrum" Book

The book I mentioned a little while ago, The Spectrum of Evangelicalism, is now officially released by Zondervan. Looking it over, now...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

EVANGELICALISM

And Now for a Little Controversy…

Readers of this blog know how I abhor ruffling the tiniest feather on the teeniest birdie. Nonetheless, I yank out a few–and get mussed...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

GOOD BOOKS

A Couple of Articles in Recent Books

In case you missed them, Oxford University Press published a couple of hefty handbooks to which your servant contributed chapters. The...

Read These Books to Succeed at College/University This Year

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

WRITING

Read These Books to Succeed at College/University This Year

I’ve been teaching study skills seminars in one form or another for many a year. I took a study skills course myself when I was a...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

ETHICS

Richard Mouw on Abraham Kuyper

There’s an excellent new book out from my friend Richard Mouw, philosopher and president of Fuller Theological Seminary in California:...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

GOOD BOOKS

Why I Am Not Blogging about Rob Bell's "Love Wins"

I’ve been asked by friends and readers (overlapping, but not identical, categories!) to opine about Rob Bell’s new book, Love Wins. Some...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

14 min

GENDER

"Conversion Narratives" about Gender

Dr. Alan Johnson of Wheaton College has recently produced a new collection of essays on gender. This one is quite new: It offers the...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

CHURCH

What Is a Church?

Here’s a recent e-mail: I came across an old web blog of yours that talks about parachurches (or as you call them paracongregationals). ...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

EDUCATION

The Amazing Shrinking Bookstore…

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has long enjoyed a reputation within North American evangelicalism as a relatively large, relatively...

My Cute Little Cousins—Now on the Ground in Haiti and Uganda

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

DISCIPLESHIP

My Cute Little Cousins—Now on the Ground in Haiti and Uganda

I used to hug and tickle my cousins Kent and Jeannie when I was a Bible school student in Edmonton and lived with their parents for that...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

GOOD BOOKS

Good Bookstores: If We Ignore Them, They'll Go Away

I remember in 1980 the thrill of opening my first newsprint catalogue of a new company called “Christian Book Distributors.” I was a...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

NEW BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!

Woke: An Evangelical Guide to Postmodernism, Liberalism, Critical Race Theory, and More

A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

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