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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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ChatGPT and the Turing Test: Biblical Studies Version

John Stackhouse

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ChatGPT and the Turing Test: Biblical Studies Version

My inventive colleague, Dr. Isaac Soon, recently offered a constructive counterpart to all the handwringing in academia about ChatGPT....

A Mild Rant about North American Education

John Stackhouse

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CURRENT EVENTS

A Mild Rant about North American Education

It has been a very hard year for students everywhere, it seems, and in ways peculiar to each person. As I grade final papers, I am...

John Stackhouse

2 min

BETTER SPEAKING AND WRITING

Write Better

At this time of year, students are receiving back papers from professors with various forms of the same advice: “Please get help for your...

John Stackhouse

4 min

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

To My Teachers: Thanks

My friend Tom Morris recently reminisced on Facebook about teachers who had blessed him in special ways over his life. His poignant...

Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict

John Stackhouse

3 min

ETHICS

Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict

The Coalition Avenir Québec continues its remarkable record of concentrating power in the provincial government on behalf of its pure...

John Stackhouse

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TRIBUTES

Rest in Peace, David Martin (1929-2019)

I’ve only just heard that my latter-day mentor in the sociology of religion, David Martin, passed away last month. I confess that I...

Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust

The word out of Alberta about Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) hasn’t been good of late. According to the Calgary Herald, the Alberta...

Some Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”

John Stackhouse

3 min

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

Some Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”

Farmers work harder during harvest than at any other time. But they also work happier, because they see every day the literal fruit of...

The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation

It seems like a headline from The Onion, the American satirical website that daily tests our credulity, but it’s real: “U.K. student...

John Stackhouse

4 min

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

Advice for Students in Unsafe Places

“But, Professor, I learned in church that God wrote the Ten Commandments himself on stone tablets and gave them to Moses. Isn’t that what...

John Stackhouse

4 min

ETHICS

Body-Shaming? Or Education-Honouring?

It’s back-to-school time and, for many Canadian pupils, it’s back to the demands of school dress codes. Not just in private schools, but...

Different Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law School

John Stackhouse

4 min

EDUCATION

Different Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law School

No political issue in Canadian history has been more important, contentious, and complex than schooling, and particularly the question of...

John Stackhouse

4 min

BETTER SPEAKING AND WRITING

When You Invite a Visiting Speaker…

Since most people who invite speakers (and the same goes for musicians, I daresay) are not themselves professional speakers, and...

Religious Violence in Canada: Will It Happen Again?

John Stackhouse

3 min

PUBLIC LIFE

Religious Violence in Canada: Will It Happen Again?

The recent shooting in a Quebec City mosque has prompted shocked Canadians to wonder whether we will see more religiously motivated...

John Stackhouse

3 min

EDUCATION

And Having Said That about Seminaries…

I promised to represent people who responded to a previous post about seminary education, and I’m glad to do so. As one might have...

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

One Hour at a Time

[The following is my address to the academic chapel of Crandall University this past September.] “The lyf so short, the craft so long to...

John Stackhouse

2 min

Christian Universities: Moving Ahead by Standing Still

The fall term has begun in North American universities and colleges, and what’s increasingly distinctive about Christian institutions is...

John Stackhouse

2 min

Plan, Plan Well, and Plan to Fail

This autumn I will begin my 54th year of starting school. (My overtaxed mother sent me, her firstborn, out to half-day nursery school...

John Stackhouse

1 min

ETHICS

Should Muslims Pray in School? Should Muslims Even Go to School?

Canadian society faced another challenge this past month as a school district in suburban Toronto wrestled with the accommodation of...

John Stackhouse

2 min

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

Why Spelling Counts

Students often complain about professors meticulously marking spelling…and grammar…and usage…and other sentence-level problems in their...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!