The heresy of orthodox economics
Orthodox free-market economics, rooted in principles of self-interest, individualism, and limited go…
Protected: Can AI be human?
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Reflections on a postdoc year in Canada
I’ve recently got back to the UK after spending a year living in Toronto, Canada, for a postdo…
The “no evidence” fallacy
A news story currently being covered here in the UK concerns serious serial abuses by a healthcare w…
Christian Economics?
Economics is the subject I most wish I had studied earlier than I did. Although my school offered an…
Biblical – Not Biblicist – Scholarship
Maybe you’ve wondered this too: how does my faith relate to my scholarship? It might be easy to affi…
A prisoner for Christ? Dealing with a difficult story from Christian history
The research postdoc I’ve been carrying out in Toronto this year has enabled me to start a new…
How ‘Biblical’ is “Biblical Critical Theory”?
Christopher Watkin’s new book, Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes …
The Importance of Culture for Academics
Last week, the most recent Postgrad Initiative email was sent out which introduced the ide…
Is this a good school? The perils of far-fetched objectivity
It was at the start of this year that Ruth Perry, the headteacher of a primary school in Reading, to…
In Conclusion: First Steps in Becoming a Good and Faithful Questioner
My dear postgrad friends, We are quickly approaching the end of this academic year, according to our…
Artificial intelligence in the image of God?
Image: AI-generated by DALL-E* I had a chat with a robot the other evening. The OpenAI project has r…
When Questions Question You
Dear Toby/i, I’ve been thinking about the off-hand comment you made in our seminar last week – when …
Prof. Tom McLeish
Sad news emerged last week about Tom McLeish, professor of natural philosophy at the University of Y…
Biblical Critical Theory? Digging into new resources with Good News for the University
I'm kicking off a new series today which we hope will both alert you to another initiative in the fi…
Scholarship as Christian Courage
Dear Martin/e, This academic year, I’ve been reflecting with you on the topic of questions when it c…
Creation’s incredible intelligibility
Understanding is a wonderful thing! I hope you’ve had many light-bulb moments in your past edu…
The Questions Within You
Happy New Year Paul/ette! Thank you for your courage in our seminar today! Many eager and anxious st…
Connections for 2023
At the start of this new year, I’d like to offer you my selection of online initiatives that y…
The Discipline of Discernment
Dear Stephan/ie, Your question is such a good one: What difference does it make to my studies that I…
Postdoc life as a liminal space
I’ve written here before about different stages in my academic career, and the opportunities a…
Do You Know Who’s With You?
Dear Robert/a, I’m so glad you came to see me in my office yesterday. It was good to hear how the ye…
Hope for the future of Christian higher education
This is the title of a conference I have just returned from in Liverpool – and also, I would s…
Teaching and learning in Narnia
The post two weeks ago by Richard described the inspiration found in C.S. Lewis’s The Abolitio…
Worldviews and Faithful Scholarship
Dear Christian Graduate Student, In my last post, I encouraged you to begin the academic year with a…
CS Lewis: a visionary for our time?
Many people know of C.S. Lewis through his Narnia stories. Many Christians also know him as an apolo…
Imitating the Inklings
Today I want to follow up my last post, about how exemplary figures, whether in our lives, in the Bi…
Art in times of crisis
Some years ago now, I wrote a post about the relationship between my faith and my love for avant-gar…
Love the Questions
New and returning graduate students, Welcome to this new 2022-2023 academic year! You have come to t…
What to study?
Now is a time when many students are choosing subjects to study. Those applying for undergraduate de…
Sustainability as Flourishing
A guest post by Victor Morales. Sustainable development has become the main issue at the dawn of thi…
Flourishing trees
About six weeks ago, I had the privilege of chairing one of the series of ‘Feeding the Earth’ webina…
Feeding the Earth – talks online!
Does Christian faith make a difference to food and eating? Anyone who reads the Bible will know that…
When ethical systems collide
News reports in the UK these last few days have commented on the resignation of Lord Geidt, the Prim…
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