This is the published introduction to the born-digital, open-access, peer-reviewed *Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities*. More a rationale and scholarly study of both Digital Pedagogy and DPiH in general, this introduces articulates the uses, theory, rationale about digital pedagogy as it has been shaped in U.S. institutions since the explosion of…[Read more]

These three volumes, published by the Adventist Forum over eight years, tackle one of the core issues in Adventism: creation, and beyond that, how the Genesis 1‒11 origin narratives could, and should, be read in the context of our current “Gutenbergian” and post-Hubble worldview, now relying heavily on our literacy and understanding of scien…[Read more]

Matthew J. Korpman “holds four bachelor degrees in Theology, Archaeology, Philosophy, and Screenwriting” and “is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Religion at Yale Divinity School” (back cover of the book). He is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; his four B.A. degrees were all received from La Sierra University. He has “recent…[Read more]

Barry J. Beitzel is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Trinity Evangelical School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has a special interest in Near Eastern geography. He also has authored The New Moody Atlas of the Bible (Moody Press, 2009). The present work with its interest in geography falls into a similar category. This…[Read more]

The editors of the volume at hand – a professor of Old Testament exegesis and theology and a professor of theology and Christian philosophy both at Andrews University – undertook the job of editing fourteen papers written by twelve educators of the Theological Seminary of Andrews University into one volume as an answer to the challenge of Last Gen…[Read more]

Professor Mark Thomas of Oxford University, who is one of the editors of the series in which Tihomir Lazić’s book Towards an Adventist Version of Communio Ecclesiology: Remnant in Koinonia is published, has high praise for it: “The book is a groundbreaking and highly original piece of work that seeks to bring the distinctive ideas of Seve…[Read more]

Die Lektüre dieses Werkes1 hinterlässt im Rezensenten eine gewisse Ambiva-lenz. Auf der einen Seite liegt hier ein Beitrag zum Adventismus vor, an dem in künftigen Studien zur Thematik nicht vorbeigegangen werden wird: Zum ersten Mal wird hier aus einer Außenperspektive, aber mit dem tendenziell sympathischen Blick eines ethnographisch ges…[Read more]

The Subversive Sabbath, as the subtitle indicates, is mostly a semi-popular and pastorally written book which aims to suggest to readers the surprising power Sabbath observance can bring to busy 21st century Christians. “How is the Sabbath subversive?,” asks the author, and answers by effectively giving the gist of the book: “Sabbath is an alter…[Read more]

The author is a Baptist pastor with Italian roots and a well-known writer on both sides of the Atlantic in the realm of Christian spirituality. The book cover itself announces his success with the large heading “more than 500,000 sold,” raising both curiosity as well as concerned German eye brows wondering about the modesty of the author and…[Read more]

Editorial to Spes Christiana 31.2

Het terechte wantrouwen voor malafide tijdschiften heeft ook gevolgen voor kleine uitgevers en voor de openaccessbeweging.

This essay focuses on Patricia Churchland contribution to this interdisciplinary approach towards gaining a holistic understanding of our human nature and realities surrounding us, with specific reference to the perceived framework needed for the development of a unified theory of the mind-brain. A critical engagement with Churchland’s ideas s…[Read more]

Philip Kitcher is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the past two decades. In “The Advancement of Science (1993)”, he endeavor to probe the notions of progress and rationality in science. His position, in line with his teacher, Thomas Kuhn, was a critique of what he called ‘a legendary view of science’. Thus, he gave new int…[Read more]

Literary journalism offers an important way for explaining the complexity of the scientific world to a lay audience. An analysis of two of Richard Preston’s pieces published by The New Yorker, “The Mountains of Pi” and “Capturing the Unicorn” and how they give emphasize science-in-the-making.

Literary journalism offers an important way for explaining the complexity of the scientific world to a lay audience. An analysis of two of Richard Preston’s pieces published by The New Yorker, “The Mountains of Pi” and “Capturing the Unicorn” and how they give emphasize science-in-the-making.

Literary journalism offers an important way for explaining the complexity of the scientific world to a lay audience. An analysis of two of Richard Preston’s pieces published by The New Yorker, “The Mountains of Pi” and “Capturing the Unicorn” and how they give emphasize science-in-the-making.