In 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. . . .

In 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….