Having sat on both sides of the academic position application and interview process – as an applicant and also on job search committees – I found this article pretty much how it is. Not necessarily comforting for newly minted PhDs looking for a job, but still an insight into the process.
Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
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Amazing what you can do with No. 8 fencing wire
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Nice find someone else who’s wrestling with this. Will be interested to see how it works out.
See Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: What Constitutes an Open-Book Exam in the Digital Age?.
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They’ve been smart phone apps for a while with lectionaries and orders of service, as well as apps to help you pray, meditate and confess. This one, however, looks like it’s got some kind of holy imprimatur.
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Scripture Union and TSCF are hosting an afternoon at the University of Auckland this Saturday for new students heading off to universities and other tertiary institutions and who want to think about their faith in this new context.
When: 05 February 12:00 – 16:30
Location: OGGB5, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland (12 Grafton Road)
Details here: Transitions Brochure
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In a paper I’ve just submitted for a symposium on lament and complaint I start to explore lament and imprecation within the context of new media – with some passing comments about hate speech legislation and whether imprecation is ‘allowed’ in contemporary contexts. So I was interested to read this posting today Prayers or Curses? : ReligionNerd.com – I wonder how commonplace it is in everyday religious life. Probably more that we think.
Hat tip to James at Exploring Our Matrix: Links for a Snow Day
There’s also some ruminations on religion and hate speech online in this book chapter:
Beckerlegge, Gwilym. “Computer-Mediated Religion: Religion on the Internet at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.” In From Sacred Text to Internet, edited by Gwilym Beckerlegge, 219-64. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
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From Kathryn Tanner’s article a year or so ago, something to think about…
Theologians are now primarily called to provide not a theoretical argument for Christianity’s plausibility, but an account of how Christianity can be part of the solution—rather than part of the problem—on matters that make a life-and-death difference to people, especially the poor and the oppressed. (p.40)
See: Tanner, Kathryn. “Christian claims: how my mind has changed.” Christian Century 127, no. 4 (February 23, 2010): 40-45.
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While searching for some material related to Tertullian’s questions “What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?”, I stumbled upon this insightful short article by C. Drew Smith. It looks at some of the issues of teaching in a Christian liberal arts college, particularly around the development of critical thinking skills, engagement by/with stakeholders in that environment, and selection of material for students to read from different theological and philosophical perspectives. Resonated with me, but the other way around as I have to select material from ‘faith’ traditions to use in a secular educational context.
See C. Drew Smith, “Between Athens and Jerusalem,” SBL Forum , n.p. [cited April 2005]. Online: http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=389
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Looks good. I may order the poster for my office.
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Ecumenical Institute of Distance Theological Studies (EIDTS) are currently looking for a new director. This is a part-time position, and is flexible as to the director’s location.
More details here: EIDTs – Vacancy