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Writing an Essay for an Edited Volume: Should You?

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Writing 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.

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BETTER SPEAKING AND WRITING

Write Better

At this time of year, students are receiving back papers from professors with various forms of the same advice: “Please get help for your...

Some Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

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TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

Some 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.

4 min read

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

Advice for Students in Unsafe Places

“But, Professor, I learned in church that God wrote the Ten Commandments himself on stone tablets and gave them to Moses. Isn’t that what...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

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TEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFE

Why Spelling Counts

Students often complain about professors meticulously marking spelling…and grammar…and usage…and other sentence-level problems in their...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min read

EDUCATION

Bad News for Religion Ph.D.’s…and Yet…

Here’s some bad news that no one finishing a Ph.D. in religious studies will find as all that surprising: the job market isn’t improving....

Going for the Ph.D. . . . Anyway (Part 2)

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

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EDUCATION

Going for the Ph.D. . . . Anyway (Part 2)

On this hand, I agree with the general advice that the Ph.D. demands too much time and money to pursue it unless you have a job in mind...

Going for the Ph.D. . . . Anyway (Part 1)

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

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EDUCATION

Going for the Ph.D. . . . Anyway (Part 1)

You have already read my page on considering Ph.D. studies here, right? Okay, then. Here’s some more to consider. You can read lots of...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

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EDUCATION

Thinking about a Ph.D.?

(With thanks to friend and former colleague Prof. Bruce Hindmarsh of Regent College for much of what follows.) As you undertake the...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

NEW BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Woke: An Evangelical Guide to Postmodernism, Liberalism, Critical Race Theory, and More

A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE