Christian Scholarship illustrated by the Social Sciences
General advice on how to approach your discipline of study from a Christian perspective to produce authentically Christian scholarship.
Are we sinners?
What does human society tell us about human nature? Are we essentially good or bad?
What Would Jesus Tweet?
I write a weekly column for The Dallas Morning News as a contributor to their Texas Faith blog. This week we were asked, "What would Jesus…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…
War Horse
How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…
What Does it Mean to be Human?
Drawing on recent scientific arguments including evolutionary explanations of morality and the latest experiments in neuroscience, as well…
Skins
There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…
It's Not Me It's You - Lily Allen
A review of Lily Allen's CD It's Not Me It's You.
What Your University Won't Teach You...
In a talk given at The Veritas Forum at Louisiana State University in February 2008, Dallas Willard asks where moral teaching is to be…