February 2018

Katie Price can help us talk about Christian faith

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Wednesday 28th February 2018

Katie Price is an English celebrity, former model and businesswoman. She was the most successful page three girl featured in The Sun newspaper. She is notorious for her outrageous and rather tawdry lifestyle. A role model to some and an embarrassment to others, she is brutally frank about herself and asserted this in an interview:  "I am a rich chav. You couldn't get any more chav than me. I'm the only person in Britain to own a bespoke pink Land Rover with crystals on it, and I love it.

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celebrity culture
worldviews

Review: Why Study? Exploring the Face of God in the Academy

Posted by Alicia Smith in Faith-in-Scholarship blog on Tuesday 27th February 2018

This review is reprinted with permission (and some additional material) from The Glass, the journal of the Christian Literary Studies Group (issue 30, Spring 2018). See other selected articles and more information about the journal and Group here: www.clsg.org. 

Why Study? Exploring the Face of God in the Academy (Fellowship of Evangelical Students, Singapore, 2017) 

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book reviews
literature

Seeking the good of the seminar: how to ask questions well

Posted by Alicia Smith in Faith-in-Scholarship blog on Friday 2nd February 2018

As part of our ongoing series on academic skills, today’s post is about the skill of asking questions well in an academic seminar (or similar setting). For many postgraduate students and researchers, especially in the humanities and social sciences, seminars focused on a particular interest area are the main way we interact with others in our discipline around academic topics.

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skills

Mafia Conference in Doncaster

Posted by Mark Roques in RealityBites blog on Thursday 1st February 2018

 

It was both humbling and encouraging to spend two hours with sixth formers exploring the Mafia, evil, materialism, eastern religions and the Christian faith in Doncaster yesterday. When you tackle 'hot' topics like evil and unseen powers of darkness it is vital to pray and fast and I'd just like to thank anyone who prayed for me yesterday. I really felt the prayer as I spoke - it was fantastic to see seeds being sown in young lives. Yesterday convinced me how important it is to integrate Christian storytelling with seeking God (Isaiah 55:6) in prayer and worship.

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school
stories