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Feeding the Earth – talks online!

Does Christian faith make a difference to food and eating? Anyone who reads the Bible will know that the answer is yes – absolutely. But how can knowing Jesus affect studies of agriculture, economics and diet? Over the last month, we gathered eight Christian scholars to speak about the many Read more…

By Faith-in-Scholarship, 11 monthsJuly 4, 2022 ago
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COVID-19 and Economics

Before the pandemic, recent university graduates often told me about their struggles finding work in their field of study. Since the pandemic, most young adults I talk to have given up on the idea of finding permanent employment in their field of training or choice. In many ways, the pandemic Read more…

By Michael Wagenman, 2 yearsJune 14, 2021 ago
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Forays into finance

For the last 18 months I’ve been a research fellow on a project about financial stability that’s run by a small consultancy firm.  Since I was trained as a biologist and have done nearly all my academic work so far in ecology, and in universities, this has been both a steep Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 5 yearsSeptember 10, 2018 ago
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Does business matter to God?

A guest post from Dr Xia Zhu. At creation, the mandate that God gave to humanity was for people to reflect and mirror God’s stewardship… This involves far more than religious enterprises or the church. It has to do with how we engage with scientific endeavours, how we do business, how Read more…

By Faith-in-Scholarship, 7 yearsOctober 18, 2016 ago
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Efficient scholarship

Please help us to measure the value of this research output! You can demonstrate quantifiable public benefit and impact by liking or sharing this blog post on social media. On a scale of 1 to 10, how transformative has it been in terms of changed attitudes or behaviour? If you would Read more…

By Anthony Smith, 7 yearsJanuary 11, 2016 ago
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Why do a PhD? Decision making under uncertainty

If you’re weighing up whether to do a PhD or not and have got this far in the “Why do a PhD?” series, you will have already considered your motivations, skills and the honour brought to Christ by studying his creation. But, you may also be trying to decide if Read more…

By Richard Dunning, 8 yearsAugust 18, 2015 ago
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    Blessings upon you, Mark, for highlighting in your brief article the sheer folly of the notion that we human beings…

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    You wonder if the universe, on such a view, would (or could!) ever "choose" (is that the appropriate word?) to…

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    Good one, Mark! You are right on point: Pantheism has no alternative but t deny that evil is real, and…

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    Really helpful article Mark - So much of the new age thinking seems to ignore the problem of evil -…

  5. Ted Newell on New Age Faith and the Cosmic Ordering ServiceMay 21, 2023

    I had an afternoon with a sincere well-educated Indian man lately. To him, Nothing is impossible if we grasp how…

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