Culture

Coal cars, engines and the mind …

Finished. On to the follow-up, “The Scandal Ten Years Later.” I recall Dale Soden’s, “Intellectual History of the United States” course I took in college. I also remember taking “Western Civ.” These courses should be required in order to connect intellectual history with social history. McLaren has a point … Continue reading

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What wrong with America? … Christian America? …

“aintsobad” wittingly or unwittingly describes precisely what we come to when we look deeply into the cultural situtation in our Country. Here is the story …

November 02, 2004
Jeff

The sky darkened and drove a cold wind before the clouds as I eased my rent car onto the Continue reading

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Unsettling the foundations … very subversive …

Natalie and Lyle’s discussion of Mark Noll’s, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, led me to read this work (thanks for the copy Lyle). I came across the section, “What Has the Scandal Meant”, and in the chapter titled, “Thinking about Science.” This is a rather lengthy quote,… Continue reading

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Truth in strange places …

From the new television series, “Lost.” “If we can’t live together then we will die alone.”… Continue reading

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Scandal …

Stephne Shields puts together some thoughts and links regarding Mark Noll’s book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind ten years later.… Continue reading

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