Talking to aggressive atheists can be enjoyable and fulfilling if you have an intelligent and creative spiel. I was talking to an atheist builder who had a pop at me for being a Christian. He declared boldly: “I’m on the Read more
In the first of our occasional series of perspectives on the creation/evolution controversy, Abigail Motley reflects on the growing harmony between her faith and her ecological research. ‘Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution.’ Undergraduate biology lecturers love referring to Read more
Mark Surey writes on the importance of listening: I have seldom met a scholar who is not fascinated by and excited about his or her field of study. That level of interest, combined with the God-given capacity to contribute, to a large Read more
We’re aiming to write about various academic skills on FiSch over the next few months. Aside from the narrow, subject-specific skills we all acquire in our fields – from paleography to coding to titration – there are many more general skills academics need Read more
Just came back from a great holiday in Crete with Anne. Truth be told, Crete has a lot more sunshine than Leeds and Zeus, the Greek god, was supposedly born on that fair isle! We didn’t bump into the husband Read more
Some people might think the very first topic for a “faith in scholarship” blog to address would be the notorious controversy around evolutionary origins for living organisms and especially for human beings. But this blog has run for nearly four years without the Read more
For the key to the icons, see this post on the multi-faceted meaning of life. We’re beginning a series exploring the outlines of a Christian philosophy of the sciences. Not, I hasten to add, the Christian Philosophy of Science (as I know there’s a Read more
The third part of Bruno Medeiros’ series on Listening as a spiritual scholarly discipline: “He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: Listen! …” Mark 4.2 “Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my words.” Isaiah Read more
One of the aims of Faith in Scholarship over the years has been to support groups for Christian postgraduate students – sometimes actively, sometimes through providing networks and resources. Most of the FiSch bloggers are or have been part of these groups Read more
Last night I delivered my presentation on Mafia and the Problem of Evil to about thirty members of the evening fellowship at St Peter’s in Harrogate. At TFN we are committed to giving Christians an opportunity to think through challenging Read more