The tag line on this blog reads, “where thoughtful faith and faithful thinking intersect.” Perhaps that needs a little explanation. What do I mean by “thoughtful faith” and “faithful thinking?”
Thoughtful faith dares to ask questions, probing into implications and applications not immediately
One of the foundational assumptions behind this blog is that people are whole, integrated persons. Thus, the way we see all of life and interact with all people should be framed by a sense of the wholeness, the integrity, of all of life.
This holds true even in the lives of those with whom we disagree strongly. Christopher Hitchens,
Many Christian students I know would love to tell their non-Christian professors about their faith. Motivations range from exasperation (because the teacher takes pot-shots at the Christian faith) to genuine compassion (because the education process tends to unite teacher and student).
Our modern world and education system
Thoughtful Christians encounter a double loneliness. I have seen this surface many times in my years of ministering to Christian professors, graduate students, and academically minded undergraduates.
On the one hand, they face an alienation from their academic peers. Fellow department members marvel