Teaching Bible with Tech at #AARSBL15 Posted on November 20, 2015 by Richard NewtonWhether you’re a veteran scholar or are attending the Society of Biblical Literature for the first time, you may be asking how to narrow your session options….The Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies and Global Education and Research Technology groups are joining up to bring you a program that you won’t want to miss.
Digital Media for Ministry: Mapping the Landscape Posted on November 13, 2015 by Kyle Matthew OliverWe think not teaching digital media skills today is like not teaching homiletics or pastoral care….To that end, we are engaged in an asset mapping project to identify and spread the word about digital media for ministry formation opportunities across the theological education landscape.
Seven Things I Wish All Pastors Knew About Academics—Part 2 Posted on September 21, 2015 by J. Aaron SimmonsIn this second part, I want to focus on the experience and identity of academics in Christian communities. Many of the things that I wish pastors knew about academics speak to the way in which academics might be perceived as threatening to the leadership and power of pastors. Although I am attempting to show that such a notion is misguided, I admit that there is one way in which academics are threatening. . . .
Seven Things I Wish All Pastors Knew About Academics—Part 1 Posted on September 14, 2015 by J. Aaron SimmonsIn this two-part blog post, I want to offer a short (and quite informal) series of thoughts that I have about what I wish pastors knew about academics as they relate to us in the congregations that they serve….
Teaching the Bible and Race in the USA Posted on July 1, 2015 by Richard NewtonLast fall at Elizabethtown College, I taught an upper-level seminar entitled the Bible and Race in the USA. Our small class was divided evenly among Caucasian and African American participants. At the close of the semester, I asked a few students to reflect on their learning experience. With their permission, I’ve edited together their remarks into the collaborative essay below.