John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 min readTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEWriting an Essay for an Edited Volume: Should You?It seems like an opportunity. But is it instead merely a temptation? I have recently had conversations with publishers in the UK and USA...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 min readTHE CHRISTIAN WAYStackhouse on Wolterstorff on KantHere and here are two recent posts, for Christian Scholar’s Review, on my recent reading of an essay by Christian philosopher Nicholas...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.12 min readTRIBUTESRest in Peace, David Martin (1929-2019)I’ve only just heard that my latter-day mentor in the sociology of religion, David Martin, passed away last month. I confess that I...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFESome Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”Farmers work harder during harvest than at any other time. But they also work happier, because they see every day the literal fruit of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readEDUCATIONWho Can You Believe?It’s too good not to be true. It’s easy to feel that way when you come across a news article, Facebook post, speech, or seminar that...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 min readETHICSRavi Zacharias and the Case of Christian Credential InflationIf you listen to podcasts, you might want to take in this one. Christianity Today interviewed me recently and thus let me explain in some...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readEDUCATIONAnd Having Said That about Seminaries…I promised to represent people who responded to a previous post about seminary education, and I’m glad to do so. As one might have...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readETHICSOne Hour at a Time[The following is my address to the academic chapel of Crandall University this past September.] “The lyf so short, the craft so long to...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readSome Matters Really Are Beneath (Christian) ContemptThe redoubtable Oliver O’Donovan offers us wise words for these times. They were posted and re-posted, you won’t be surprised to learn,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEWhy Spelling CountsStudents often complain about professors meticulously marking spelling…and grammar…and usage…and other sentence-level problems in their...