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Review of The Baylor Project: Taking Christian Higher Education to the Next Level |
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Written by Brad Green
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Friday, 28 August 2009 21:21 |
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I reviewed Barry G. Hankins and Donald D. Schmeltekopf, The Baylor Project: Taking Christian Higher Education to the Next Level (St. Augustine’s Press, 2007) in the November 2008 issue of Touchstone. As a Baylor graduate (Ph.D. in Theology, 2000), I was eager to read the book, a collection of essays written by persons associated with Baylor (most are or were employees). Particularly interesting is Robert Sloan's response chapter. For those wanting to learn more about Baylor's efforts to become a "first-tier" university, and the ambitions of former President Robert Sloan, this is a great read.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 August 2009 01:05 )
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Review of D.A. Carson, Christ and Culture Revisited |
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Written by Brad Green
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Friday, 28 August 2009 21:16 |
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I reviewed D.A. Carson's, Christ and Culture Revisited (Eerdmans, 2008) in the June 2009 issue of Touchstone. The book offers a very helpful of Niebuhr's classic Christ and Culture. Carson notes some significant weaknesses in Niebuhr, and then explicates the key biblical and theological issues related to the question of "Christ and culture." I briefly note in the Touchstone review one main criticism I have of the book: while Carson offers a helpful summary of the key issues, I finished the book wishing Carson had engaged in more synthesis. That is, I finished the book wishing Carson had offered a more full-orbed theology of Christ and culture.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 August 2009 01:01 )
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Review of Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the Political Status Quo |
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Written by Brad Green
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Friday, 28 August 2009 21:07 |
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Review of Bruce Benson and Peter Heltzel, Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the Political Status Quo (Baker Academic, 2008). My review is forthcoming in International Journal of Systematic Theology. Benson and Heltzel set out to offer a critique of the "political status quo" ostensibly from the position of being "radical evangelicals." While the essential motivation--to come to terms with America's increasing status as an "empire"--is laudable, I think these essays falter for two main reasons: (1) not being radical enough, and (2) perpetuating the status quo.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 August 2009 01:01 )
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