Thinking After

Tag: Christian ethics

  • Upcoming Public Lecture

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  • Video Lecture: “Imagining a Better Way”

    The video recording of my recent BTS Symposium presentation, “Imagining a Better Way: Towards a Theology of Transformative Preaching,” is now available on the Providence YouTube channel. There was a great turnout for the event with a capacity crowd in the room and a good group joining online. There were some insightful questions from both the in-person and online attenders.

  • Thank You for Making “Minding the Web” the Top Seller in Christian Ethics

    Amazon’s Bestsellers in Christian Ethics

    Thank you to all my friends and supporters who have helped to make Minding the Web the top selling book in Canada on Amazon in the category of Christian Ethics.  For those who have not yet acquired a copy, the special sale price on the Kindle version of the book is available for one more day.  Be sure to tell your friends!

  • Iconic Perception

    My “Christian Ethics” course this semester is following an innovative schedule where students gather on campus for five full days spread out over the course of the semester.  While having three weeks between classes may impact upon continuity and classroom dynamics, it does present the opportunity to have students engage with significant works in preparation for each class.  My students are currently in the midst of reading Norman Wirzba’s From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving the World.  Wirzba, who teaches at Duke, is one of the leading voices working at the intersection of theology and ecology.  While there is much to commend in the book, I was particularly taken by the following passage describing what Wirzba refers to as “iconic seeing”: (more…)