Let’s focus for a moment upon a key idea ā ideology. Ideology is the way in which idolatry affects people today and this includes the soldiers and supporters of IS. The term ‘ideology’ was coined by French intellectuals just before the Read more
For the next few weeks the FiSch blog posts will contain summaries of the talks given at the annual FiSch postgraduate leadersā conference. The first talk was one of two given by Tom McLeish titled āScience, Wisdom and Interdisciplinarityā. The Read more
A key text for understanding idolatry in the New Testament is a passage in the book of Romans. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator. Romans 1:25, NIV Read more
In the light of the recent gruesome activities of the Islamic State (IS) it is timely to re-examine biblical teaching about idolatry and connect this to ideologies, secularism and IS. In this first post we will look at idolatry in Read more
Last week I had the privilege of several coffee breaks with Christian friends doing PhDs in different areas. Each time I came away excited by a fresh glimpse of how big Godās world is. One friend is doing a PhD Read more
A very good friend of Faith-in-Scholarship is Andrew Basden, Professor of Human Factors and Philosophy in Information Systems at the University of Salford. (Indeed, Andrew will be speaking, along withĀ Professor Tom McLeish, at next monthās Faith-in-ScholarshipĀ Christian Postgraduate Leadersā Conference: places Read more
A little while ago, I introduced you to Abraham Kuyper, also known as Abraham the Great. One of the things he was passionate about was Christian scholarship. This led him to founding and leading, as rector magnificus and as professor in Read more
Why is talking about faith often awkward and filled with clichƩs? Why do our conversations about faith rarely grip people and intrigue them? Mark Roques has spent his life tackling this issue and is convinced that our evangelism can be transformed if Read more
Recently weāve been running a mini-series of posts on āWhy faith-in-scholarship?ā These attempt to provide reasons for and excite Christian academics to be engaging their disciplines from a distinctly Christian perspective. Today we thought weād share with you some aims Read more
Films seduce and indoctrinate us in the same way as soap operas, but there is greater variety and the opportunity to discern the difference between the real and unreal worlds. Consider this sequence of films: The films based on CS Read more